Authority Song:John Mellancamp.
#15 in USA, #20 in Canada and #93 in Australia in 1984.

INTRO: D

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)      GA
Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position.
D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)  GA
They like to get you there and smile in your face.
           D (xx0232@1)                             G (320003@1)            
Well, they think they're so cute when they got you in 
A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GA
that condition.
      D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)   AWell, (x02220@1)I think it's a to..tal disgrace..and I said..

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
I fight authority, authority always wins.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
                D (xx0232@1)                    GWell, (320003@1)I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
  A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GA
I come out grinnin'.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

(INTERLUDE:) D

#2.
D (xx0232@1)                               G (320003@1)     ASo, (x02220@1)I call up my preacher,I say, 'Give me strength 
    D (xx0232@1)          GA
for Round Five.'
           D (xx0232@1)               GHe (320003@1)said , 'You don't need no strength, you need to 
A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)  GA
grow up, son.'
         D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)             AI (x02220@1)said, 'Growing up leads to growing old and then 
   D (xx0232@1)   GA
to dying.
          D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)           DOhhh, (xx0232@1)and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun.'
      ASo, (x02220@1)I said..

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
I fight authority, authority always wins.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
                D (xx0232@1)                    GWell, (320003@1)I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
  A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GA
I come out grinnin'.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

(INTERLUDE:) D G D G..D G D

#3.
DI (xx0232@1)said, oh, no..no, no.....I said, oh, no..no, no.....

I said, oh, no..no, no.....
D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
I fight authority, authority always wins.
D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
I fight authority, authority always wins.
                D (xx0232@1)                    GWell, (320003@1)I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
  A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GA
I come out grinnin'.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

CHORUS:
        D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
                D (xx0232@1)                    GWell, (320003@1)I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
  A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GA
I come out grinnin'.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

OUTRO:
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  GA
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins. (Fade.)

An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.