Bastards Of Young

[Intro]
| B | - | - | - |
| E | - | B |

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

[Chorus]
E
Wait on the sons of no one,
B
bastards of young
E
Wait on the sons of no one,
B
bastards of young
    E                 F#  B
The daughters and the sons

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

[Chorus]
E
Wait on the sons of no one,
B
bastards of young
E
Wait on the sons of no one,
B
bastards of young
        E                 F#
Now the daughters and the sons

[Bridge]
B  C#m                 F#
 Unwillingness to claim  us
   B                 E
Ya got no warrant to name us

[Guitar Solo]
               | B   |
| - | E   | -  | B   |
| - | C#m | F# | G#m |
| E |

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

[Chorus]
E
Wait on the sons of no one,
B
bastards of young
E
Wait on the sons of no one,
B
bastards of young
E                 F#
Daughters and the sons
B   E
 Of young

[Post-Chorus]
   B
Of young
E
Young
B
Young
E      F#
(Young)

[Outro]
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

[Fade Out]
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