NOTE: This is a different version than the one on the "Third World Warrior" album.  I 
think it's in a different key, and I know it has different lyrics.  It's a bit more 
contemporary than the original version. 
 
INTRO: G 
 
G 
Rightious killin' in the name of freedom 
C 
We been down that sorry road before 
G                                 G/B 
They let us hang around a little longer than we should've 
C                           D 
It's too late to fool us anymore 
G 
We've seen the ones who kill the ones with vision 
C 
Cold blooded murder right before your eyes 
G                                 G/B 
Today they hold the power and the money and the guns 
C                                    D 
It's gettin' hard to listen to their lies 

C                                G 
And I just gotta wonder what my Daddy woulda done 
C                                             G 
If he'd seen the way they'd turned his dream around 
C                      G 
I gotta go by what he told me 
C                                     C/B 
Try to tell the truth and stand your ground 
C                D                G          
Don't let the bastards get ya down
 
 
 
(SPOKEN) 
G 
Bombin' Bagdad back into the stone age, 'round the clock 
C 
Non-stop for 40 days, killed 'em in their homes and on their highways 
G 
Now after a decade of cripplin' sanctions we're talkin' about goin' back in there 
C                                       D 
And doin' it all over again, fightin' terrorism 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
G 
(Don't let the bastards get ya down) 
C                D              G 
Don't let the bastards get ya down 
G 
(Don't let the bastards get ya down) 
C               D                        G 
Don't let the bastards....get ya down