#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## "Bastards Of Young" (Paul Westerberg) Performed by The Replacements From the album Tim (1985) CHORDS USED: G#5(4,6,6,X,X,X) B5(X,2,4,4,X,X) F#5(2,4,4,X,X,X) E5(0,2,2,X,X,X) C#5(X,4,6,6,X,X) F#5*(X,9,11,11,X,X) E5*(X,7,9,9,X,X) D#5(X,6,8,8,X,X) VERSE: G#5 (133xxx@4) B5 (x244xx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F#5God, (244xxx@1)what a mess, on the ladder of success E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) B5Where (x244xx@1)you take one step and miss the whole first rung G#5 (133xxx@4) B5 (x244xx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F#5Dreams (244xxx@1)unfulfilled, graduate unskilled E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) B5It (x244xx@1)beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten CHORUS: E5Wait (022xxx@1)on the sons of no one B5Bastards (x244xx@1)of young E5 (022xxx@1)Wait on the sons of no one B5 (x244xx@1)Bastards of young F#5 (244xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) the daughters and the sons B5 (x244xx@1) Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight Income tax deduction, what a hell of a function It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten Wait on the sons of no one Bastards of young Wait on the sons of no one Bastards of young The daughters and the sons BRIDGE: B5 (x244xx@1) C#5 (x133xx@4) C#5 (x133xx@4) F#5 (244xxx@1) Unwillingness to claim us, F#5* E5* D#5 (xx134x@1)C#5 (x133xx@4)B5ya (x244xx@1) got no word to name us SOLO CHORDS: E5 B5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest And visit their graves on holidays at best The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them We are the sons of no one, bastards of young We are the sons of no one, bastards of young The daughters and the sons OUTRO TO THIRD CHORUS: D#5 C#5 B5