Bastards Of Young chords by
The Replacements
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Key: B major

Intro 1

B

B

Interlude 1

B

B

E

E

Ah

B

Verse 1
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
God,  what a mess,
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
on the ladder of success
E E 
 
Where you take one step and
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
miss the whole first rung
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
Dreams unfulfilled,
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
graduate unskilled
E E 
 
It beats pickin' cotton
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
and waitin' to be forgotten

Chorus 1
E E 
 
We are the sons of no one,
B B 
 
bastards of young
E E 
 
We are the sons of no one,
B B 
 
bastards of young
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
The daughters and the sons
B B 
 
B B 
 

Verse 2
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
Clean your baby womb,
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
trash that baby boom
E E 
 
Elvis in the ground,
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
no way he'll be here tonight
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
Income tax deduction,
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
one   hell of a function
E E 
 
It beats pickin' cotton
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
or waitin' to be forgotten

Chorus 2
E E 
 
We are the sons of no one,
B B 
 
bastards of young
E E 
 
We are the sons of no one,
B B 
 
bastards of young
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
Not the daughters and the sons
B B 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Unwillingness to claim us,
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
ya got   no  war to name us

Solo 1

B

B

E

E

B

B

C#m

F#

G#m

E

B

Verse 3
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
The ones  love us best
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
are the ones  we'll lay to rest
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
And visit their graves on holidays at best
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
The ones  love us least
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
are the ones  we'll die to please
E E 
 
If it's any consolation,
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
I   don't begin to under stand them

Chorus 3
E E 
 
We are the sons of no one,
B B 
 
bastards of young
E E 
 
We are the sons of no one,
B B 
 
bastards of young
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
Daughters and the sons
B B 
 

Interlude 2

E

E

B

B

Young, of young,

E

E

B

B

Young, young

E

F#

Young

Outro 1
D# D# 
 
Take it, it's yours, take it, it's yours
Take it, it's yours, take it, it's yours
Take it, it's yours, take it, it's yours
Take it, it's yours, take it, it's yours
Take it, it's yours
D# D# 
 
D# D# 
 
D# D# 
 
D# D# 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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