Dropkick Murphys - Bastards On Parade Chords & Tabs

Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Bastards on Parade
Album: Blackout
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

*= mute chord

Use barre chords for the clean part and power chords at the end

Intro: Eb,G#,Bb,Eb

Verse 1:
     Eb                       G#
I've lost all the time that I have in this world
     Eb                   G#         Bb
I've spent it unwisely, unwisely you see
      Eb                      G#
And I can't get it back and I can't move forward
    Eb             G#          Bb       Eb
I'm broken and I'm empty, it's over for me

Pre-Chorus:
   G#                   Eb
If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused
G#                         Eb            Bb
Fall to my knees, pray for swiftness and just
    Eb                      G#           
For I'm just a fool, a fool driven to dust
        Eb          G#    Bb         Eb
And the world ain't gonna change for me

Mandolin Break:
  (Eb)                     (G#)
e---------------------------11--11-11--10-8--|
B--------8-------------9-11------------------|
G--8--10---10p8-8-8--8-----------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|
              (Eb)                                   (G#)   (Bb)
e--8--8-8-8-10---------------------------------------------------|
B--------------9/11--11-11-11--9/11--11-11-11--11-11--11-9-8-----|
G------------------------------------------------------------10--|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
  (Eb)                        (G#)            (Eb)       (G#)   (Bb)  (Eb)
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--11--11-11-11--11--11-11-11--9--9-9-9-9h11-9--8--8--8h9h11-9-8-6-6------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------7-8--|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
   G#                                     Eb
So give me one more chance to prove these problems and frustrations
            G#                         Eb            Bb
Aren't just manifest in memories we're destined to repeat
  Eb                       G#
A second chance to prove I know right from wrong
  Eb                   G#                  Bb            Eb
I swear I'll do things different but can't promise to be strong
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dropkick_murphys/bastards_on_parade_tab.html ]
Chorus:
   Eb                                             
So come all you losers, you bastards and cheats,
C                      Bb
Vagrants, and barflies down on the street
            Eb         C            G#
Follow this path to salvation, vindication awaits
      Eb               G#       Bb       Eb
We're marching on East Broadway Street tonight

Intro

Verse 3:
             Eb                          G#
If you could look into this old face and try to see the young man
  Eb                               G#              Bb
I swear I once was pretty, not the monster you now see
      Eb                                 G#
But I squandered all my chances, lost my faith and took for granted 
     Eb                G#              Bb             Eb
This life and precious one chance, the whirlwind I'll wreak

Pre-Chorus

Chorus x1

Mandolin Fill:
   C        x6
e--8-8-8-6----|
B----------8--|
G-------------|
D-------------|
A-------------|
E-------------|

Mandolin Solo: (C,G#,Eb,Bb throught solo)
e--8-8-6-8--8-8-6-8-8-10-8-6----8--8-8-6-8-6---6--|
B----------------------------8---------------8----|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|     
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|      \
                                                           Part 1 x2  
e--8--8-8-6-8-8-10-8-6----10-10-10-10-11-13-15-13-10-8--|/
B----------------------8--------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------| 
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                          x2
e--13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-11-10-------13-13-13-13-13-13-11-10----|
B-----------------------------------------11-13-------------------------13-|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Part 1 x1

C
Bridge Chorus:
   C*                       G#*          C*
So come all you losers, you bastards and cheats
C*                    G#*
Vagrants and barflies down on the street
            C          G#           G#
Follow this path to salvation, vindication awaits
      Eb               G#       Bb       Eb
We're marching on East Broadway Street tonight 

Chorus x1

  Eb    G#  Bb   Eb
Tonight...

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