G#m         B    G#m                   F#
God what a mess, on the ladder of success
  E                         F#                   B
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
G#m     B           G#m        F#
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled
  E                          F#             B
It beats pickin' cotton or waitin' to be forgotten


[Chorus]
E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
E                      F#
The daughters and the sons


[Verse]
G#m              B    G#m              F#
Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom
 E                      F#                  B
Elvis in the ground, waitin' on a beer tonight
G#m          B            G#m          F#
Income tax deduction, what a hell of a function
 E                           F#            B
It beats pickin' cotton or waitin' to be forgotten


[Chorus]
E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
E                      F#    B
The daughters and the sons
C#m                          E
Unwillingness to claim us, got no warrant to name us


[Solo]
G#m                B           G#m               F#
The ones love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest
 E                          F#         B
And visit their graves on holidays at best
G#m                B           G#m                 F#
The ones love us least are the ones we'll die to please
 E                            F#                       B 
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them


[Chorus]
E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
E                           F#
The daughters and the sons


[Outro]
D#m
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