Bastard Son

Bastard Son easy guitar chords by John Wesley Harding

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Bob 
    Dylan 
    is 
    my 
    father, 

    Joan 
    Baez 
    is 
    my 
    mother 

    And 
    I'm 
    their 
    bastard 
    son 

    Though 
    my 
    roots 
    show 
    through 

    I'm 
    just 
    twenty 
    two 

    don't 
    be
    long 
    to 
    anyone 

    When 
    the 
    band 
    was 
    disbanded, 

    was 
    disowned 

    got a 
    num
    ber you 
    can 
    ring 
    me 

    on 
    but 
    I ain't 
    got 
    no 
    phone 

    Got a 
    for
    warding 
    address, 

    baby 
    I ain't 
    got 
    no 
    home 

    got 
    no 
    direction 
    home 

    That's 
    the style 
    of 
    bas
    tard 
    child 

    This 
    is 
    the song 
    of 
    bastard 
    son 



    Verse 2
    Uncle 
    Lenny 
    used 
    to make 
    me 
    laugh 

    Took 
    away 
    my 
    nightmares, 

    tore 
    my 
    day
    dream
    s in 
    half 

    Showed 
    them 
    to 
    me 

    reflected 
    up
    side 
    down 

    In 
    the 
    mir
    ror 
    that 
    Suzanne 

    Ve
    ga 
    found 

    Lenny's 
    still 
    doing 
    his 
    tricks 
    today 

    Only 
    goes 
    to 
    show 
    that 
    growing 
    up 
    might 
    pay 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    Bruce 
    and 
    James 
    were 
    fam
    ily 
    friends 

    Took 
    my 
    mind 
    to 
    Carolin
    through 

    the 
    New 
    Jer
    sey 
    bends 

    Gave 
    me a 
    har
    monic

    when 
    was 
    three 

    Nailed 
    ban
    jo 
    to 
    my 
    knees 

    Now 
    Bruce 
    is 
    foreman 

    and 
    James 
    is 
    slave 

    Bruce 
    gave 
    in 
    and 
    James 
    just 
    gave 

    up 

    Verse 4

    My fam
    ily 
    didn't 
    grow 
    up 

    too 
    well 
    with technology 

    And 
    think 
    this 
    is 
    why 
    they 
    disowned 
    me 

    But 
    now 
    I wanna 
    get 
    back 
    into 
    the 
    fold 

    don't 
    wan
    na be 
    black 
    sheep, 

    don't 
    wan
    na 
    grow 
    old 

    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
    think 
    so! 




    Verse 5
    I've only 
    just 
    started 
    playing 

    guitar 
    and already 
    they 
    say 

    I'm a 
    has- 
    been 

    Say 
    my song
    are too 
    long, 

    words 
    are too 
    strong, 
    shoes 

    Aren't 
    clean 

    See 
    the 
    synthesizer's broken, 

    the 
    12 inch 
    does 
    not 
    exist 

    It's 
    gonna 
    take 
    blessed 
    life 

    to 
    get 
    on 
    to the 
    hit 
    list 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    need 
    a blessed 

    life 
    to 
    get 
    on 
    to 
    the 
    hitlist 

    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 





    Verse 6
    Bob 
    Dylan 
    is 
    my 
    father, 

    Joan 
    Baez 
    is 
    my mother 

    And 
    I'm 
    their 
    bastard 
    son. 


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