Verse 

B 
Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win." 
    F# 
And that it made me scared about the world that we live in 
      G#m 
But I had to reassure them that it wouldn't be for long 
E 
Sons we have to be ourselves, we have to be strong 

         B 
I said, 'Boys you are the future, so let this be a lesson 
       F# 
There may come a day you have to fight off their aggression 
       G#m 
Cause fear and hatred won today, the darkness ate the light," 
     E 
But both of you look in my eyes, it'll be all right. 

   B 
In every step you take 
    F# 
I'm with you all the way 
              G#m 
Cause I would die for you, and do what's right for you 
               E 
In hopes that when I'm gone, you'll carry on 
       E 
These words I wrote for you 


[Refrão]

      F# 
'Til then 
       E 
I'll sing 

B           F# 
Stand your ground 
      G#m               E 
Don't let the bastards grind you down 
   B         F# 
Be bold, be strange 
      G#m                      E 
Don't let their fears make you afraid 
        F#              E 
There's hope, they'll change 

Verse 
        B 
Well I looked out to the world today, thought 'What a bloody mess!' 
        F# 
They stripped our morals from us, put 'em under house arrest 
    G#m 
'Liberty and country' are the words they need to speak 
          E 
A little “god,” a little “freedom,” if we don’t agree, we're weak 

     B 
And every politician stood there idle and so smug 
   F# 
Empowering the racists and Second Amendment thugs 
   G#m 
Wall St. and the billionaires, convinced us they’re so smart 
        E 
Saying “vote with your wallet, instead of with your hearts!” 

    B 
But we won't go away! 
    F# 
You won’t forget our name! 
    G#m 
The pussy generation, the PC and the brave 
    E 
The protesters that slink along these streets of misery 


[Refrão]
 
    F# 
And so... 
     E 
I'll sing 

B           F# 
Stand your ground 
      G#m               E 
Don't let the bastards grind you down 
   B         F# 
Be bold, be strange 
      G#m                      E 
Don't let their fears make you afraid 
        F#              E 
There's hope, they'll change 
       F# 
We'll change 
        E 
We'll change 

Interlude 
B 
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no 
F# 
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no 
G#m                 E 
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no! 

Verse 
    B 
So give us all your faggots, all your niggas, and your spics 
  F# 
Give us all your Muslims, the so-called terrorists 
       G#m 
We'll welcome 'em with open arms and put 'em in our mix 
       E 
We're better off together now, embrace our difference 

   B 
Remember there is love! 
     F# 
Our words can stop their guns 
   G#m 
Forget the rednecks, living in the past 
       E 
We're never going back now, we've reached critical mass! 

    F# 
And so... 
     E 
I'll sing 

Outro 
 B        F# 
Stand my ground 
      G#m                E 
Won’t let the bastards grind me down 
     B        F# 
I’m bold, I’m strange 
       G#m                     E 
Won’t let their fears make me afraid 
        F#              E 
There’s hope, they’ll change