Bastard Son chords by 
John Wesley Harding 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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E
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D
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Verse 1
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Bob Dylan is my father,
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Joan Baez is my mother
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And I'm their bastard son
Though my roots show through
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I'm just twenty two
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I don't be long to anyone
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When the band was disbanded,
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I was disowned
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I got a num ber you can ring me
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on but I ain't got no phone
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Got a for warding address,
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baby I ain't got no home
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I got no direction home
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That's the style of a bas tard child
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This is the song of a bastard son
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Verse 2
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Uncle Lenny used to make me laugh
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Took away my nightmares,
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tore my day dream s in half
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Showed them to me
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reflected up side down
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In the mir ror that Suzanne
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Ve ga found
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Lenny's still doing his tricks today
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Only goes to show that growing up might pay
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Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Bruce and James were fam ily friends
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Took my mind to Carolin a through
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the New Jer sey bends
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Gave me a har monic a
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when I was three
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Nailed a ban jo to my knees
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Now Bruce is a foreman
and James is a slave
Bruce gave in and James just gave
up
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Verse 4
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My fam ily didn't grow up
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too well with technology
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And I think this is why they disowned me
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But now I wanna get back into the fold
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I don't wan na be a black sheep,
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I don't wan na grow old
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Here's to War ren, 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!
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Verse 5
A
I've only just started playing
guitar and already they say
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I'm a has- been
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Say my song s are too long,
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words are too strong, shoes
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Aren't clean
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See the synthesizer's broken,
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the 12 inch does not exist
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It's gonna take a blessed life
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to get on to the hit list
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I'm gonna need a blessed
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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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Verse 6
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Bob Dylan is my father,
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Joan Baez is my mother
D
And I'm their bastard son.
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E F#m D Bm
A
E
F#m
D
Bm
Capo: 2
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