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Bastard Son easy guitar chords by 
John Wesley Harding
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Intro 1
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
Verse 1
G
Bob Dylan is my father,
Em
Joan Baez is my mother
C
G
And I'm their bastard son
Though my roots show through
D
I'm just twenty two
Em
I don't belong to anyone
C
Em
When the band was disbanded,
Am
I was disowned
G
I got a number you can ring me
D
on but I ain't got no phone
Em
Got a for warding address,
Am
baby I ain't got no home
D
I got no direction home
G
D
Em
C
That's the style of a bastard child
G
D
C
This is the song of a bastard son
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
Verse 2
G
Em
C
Uncle Lenny used to make me laugh
G
Took away my nightmares,
D
G
Em
C
tore my daydream s in half
G
D
Showed them to me
Em
C
reflected upside down
G
In the mirror that Suzanne
Em
C
Ve ga found
D
Lenny's still doing his tricks today
G
D
Only goes to show that growing up might pay
Em
C
Interlude 1
G
D
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
Verse 3
G
Em
C
Bruce and James were fam ily friends
G
D
Took my mind to Carolina through
Em
C
the New Jersey bends
G
D
G
Gave me a harmonica
Em
C
when I was three
G
D
Em
C
Nailed a banjo to my knees
D
Now Bruce is a foreman
and James is a slave
Bruce gave in and James just gave
up
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Verse 4
C
G
My family didn't grow up
Em
too well with technology
C
D
And I think this is why they disowned me
G
Em
But now I wanna get back into the fold
Am
I don't wanna be a black sheep,
C
I don't wanna grow old
D
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!
G
D
Em
C
G
D
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
Verse 5
G
I've only just started playing
guitar and already they say
C
I'm a has- been
G
Say my songs are too long,
D
G
words are too strong, shoes
C
Aren't clean
G
D
See the synthesizer's broken,
G
C
the 12 inch does not exist
G
It's gonna take a blessed life
C
to get on to the hit list
G
I'm gonna need a blessed
C
life to get on to the hitlist
D
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
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
C
G
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
Verse 6
G
Bob Dylan is my father,
Em
Joan Baez is my mother
C
And I'm their bastard son.
G
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