These chords are based on Kristofferson's live performance
from San Fransisco on the album 'Broken Freedom Song'.

G                 D              G
Rightious killin' in the name of freedom 
                  D          G
We been down that sorry road before 
C                                 G 
They let us hang around a little longer than we should've 
C                           D 
It's too late to fool us anymore 
G                       D                  G
We've seen the ones who kill the ones with vision 
                    D                 G
Cold blooded murder right before your eyes 
C                                 G 
Today they hold the power and the money and the guns 
C                                    D 
It's gettin' hard to listen to their lies 

 	  	 
--- CHORUS ---

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                    G 
Try to tell the truth and stand your ground 
              D               G          
Don't let the bastards get ya down

 
(SPOKEN) Repeat C + G riff

Bombin' Bagdad back into the stone age, 'round the clock 
Non-stop for 40 days, killed 'em in their homes and on their highways  
Now after a decade of cripplin' sanctions we're talkin' about goin' back in there 
And doin' it all over again, fightin' terrorism 
 

--- CHORUS ---
 
               C               G 
(Don't let the bastards get ya down) 
              C               G 
Don't let the bastards get ya down 
               C               G 
(Don't let the bastards get ya down) 
              C                  G 
Don't let the bastards....get ya down