G#         B    G#                   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#     B           G#        F#
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled
  E                          F#             B
It beats pickin' cotton or waitin' to be forgotten

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

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


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

(B for 2 bars)

C#                          E
Unwillingness to claim us, got no warrant to name us

(Solo)

G#                B           G#               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#                B           G#                 F#
The ones love us least are the ones we'll die to please
 E                            F#                       B ( Let ring)
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

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

D#-------------------
Take it, it's yours...