Thanks Bastards Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays341

Thanks Bastards by Mischief Brew is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, Am and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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  			Intro 
 G G Em C 

verse 1 
G 
Thank you, Mr. Officer great 
G 
For all the things you said to me 
Em                                  C 
For all the good that you have ever done 
G 
Without you, what would I be? 
G 
You're the gas upon my flames 
Em                                C 
My love and rage all roll up into one 
G                   C             Em             C 
For every time your gun goes off, a new rebel is born 
G                  C 
So when there's 41 bullets 
        Em          C              G 
There's 41 thousand thorns in your side 
C                         Em       C 
We'll take a ride down to precinct 29 
Am                       G         Em          C    C 
And we'll sing and dance and break the code of silence 

G G Em C 

verse 2 
G                    G 
Thank you, governor, thank you, governor 
Em                   C 
To the mayor and the commissioner 
G 
Your monster is alive now 
G 
She's taken to the streets 
Em                                                    C 
Crashing through your opera house and tearing out the seats 
G                     C 
For all the times you sign your name 
Em                C 
Someone out there dies 
G               C 
Found a wallet, not a gun 
Em                             C 
A mother wipes a tear from her eyes 
C 
We despise 
Em                            C 
Your hollow truths and honest lies 
Am               G           Em    C   Cmaj7 
Now you can sing the monster into slumber 


Chorus 
C                 Em 
Thanks, Bastards! You made me what I am 
G                 Em 
Thanks, Bastards! I took the goods and ran 
    x2 

Em 
I took the goods and ran x3 

G G Em C 


verse 3 
G                     G 
Homeland security vs. civil liberty 
Em                                 C 
I'm studying in the shadows of our state 
G 
I seen the bones they tried to hide 
G 
Cutthroat living's other side 
Em                         C 
The Flood of US bathwater displaced 
G                    C               Em            C 
The funeral march of all the victims of your power war 
G                C                   Em              C 
Rob the right to steal the night and rebels shall be born 
         G 
For ever more 
C                          Em            C 
You're the storm we should play after it pours 
Am                 G    Em          C   C 
And joy is sure to come after your silence 
Am                 G    Em         C  Cmaj7 
And joy is sure to come after your silence 

Chorus 
C                 Em 
Thanks, Bastards! You made me what I am 
G                 Em 
Thanks, bastards! I took the goods and ran 
    x2 
Em 
I took the goods and ran x2 
Em                   G 
I took the goods and ran 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante