Bastard Son chords by
John Wesley Harding

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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Bob Dylan is my father,
Em Em 
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Joan Baez is my mother
C C 
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G G 
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And I'm their bastard son
Though my roots show through
D D 
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I'm just twenty two
Em Em 
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I don't belong to anyone
C C 
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Em Em 
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When the band was disbanded,
Am Am 
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I was disowned
G G 
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I got a number you can ring me
D D 
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on but I ain't got no phone
Em Em 
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Got a for warding address,
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baby I ain't got no home
D D 
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I got no direction home
G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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That's the style of a bastard child
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D D 
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C C 
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This is the song of a  bastard son
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Verse 2
G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Uncle Lenny used to make me  laugh
G G 
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Took away my nightmares,
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G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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tore my daydreams in half
G G 
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D D 
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Showed them to me
Em Em 
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C C 
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reflected upside down
G G 
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In the mirror that Suzanne
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C C 
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Ve  ga found
D D 
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Lenny's still doing his tricks today
G G 
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D D 
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Only goes to show that growing up might pay
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C C 
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Interlude 1

Verse 3
G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Bruce and James were fam ily friends
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D D 
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Took my mind to Carolina  through
Em Em 
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C C 
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the New Jersey bends
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Gave me a harmonica
Em Em 
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C C 
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when I   was three
G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Nailed a banjo to my  knees
D D 
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Now Bruce is a foreman
and James is a slave
Bruce gave in and James just gave
up
G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Verse 4
C C 
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G G 
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My family didn't grow up
Em Em 
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too well with technology
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D D 
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And I think this is why they disowned me
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Em Em 
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But now I wanna get back into the fold
Am Am 
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I don't wanna be a black sheep,
C C 
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I don't wanna grow old
D D 
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Here's to Warren, Neil, T- Bone,
Andy, Lou, Townes, Elliott
Tom, Steve, Elizabeth,
Elvia, Dave
You're singing something
good and it's gotta be saved

Interlude 2

I think so!

Verse 5
G G 
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I've only just started playing
guitar and already they say
C C 
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I'm a has- been
G G 
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Say my songs  are too long,
D D 
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G G 
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words are too strong, shoes
C C 
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Aren't clean
G G 
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D D 
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See the synthesizer's broken,
G G 
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C C 
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the 12 inch does not exist
G G 
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It's gonna take a blessed life
C C 
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to get on to the hit list
G G 
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I'm gonna need a blessed
C C 
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life to get on to the hitlist
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But I'm singing for the men,
for the women and the kids

Interlude 3
Who grew up like me with seven basic instincts hid
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Em Em 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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Verse 6

Bob Dylan is my father,

Joan Baez is my mother

And I'm their bastard son.

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