• Song:

    Authority Song

  • Artist:

    John Cougar Mellencamp

  • Album:

    Love and Happiness in S...

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A                         D     E        A      D E
They like to get you in a comprimising position

A                         D       E       A     D E
They like to get you with a smile on your face

A                                      D      E       A      D E
Oh they think you're so cute when they got in that condition

A                   D E      A      D     E
Well I think it's a total disgrace, and I say



A                    D       E      A      D  E
I fight authority, authority always wins

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins

A                                        D          E             A     D  E
Well I've been doin' it since I was a young kid and I come out winnin'

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins



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A                            D      E           A      D E
Call my preacher I said give me strength for round 5

A                            D         E            A         D E
He said you don't need no strength you need to grow up son

A                           D     E          A          D E
I said growin' up leads to growin old and then to dyin'
 
A                      D         E             A         D E
and dyin' to me don't sound like all that much fun, and I say



A                    D       E      A      D  E
I fight authority, authority always wins

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins

A                                        D          E             A     D  E
Well I've been doin' it since I was a young kid and I come out winnin'

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins



   A   D   E   A   D   E  (repeat 4x)


A
I say oh no...

(Acappella with hand clap)

I fight authority, authority always wins

Well I fight authority, authority always wins

A                                        D          E             A     D  E
Well I've been doin' it since I was a young boy and I come out winning'

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins


Outro: (repeat and fade)
A                    D       E      A      D  E
I fight authority, authority always wins

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins

A                                        D          E             A     D  E
Well I've been doin' it since I was a young kid and I come out winnin'

A                         D       E      A      D  E
Well I fight authority, authority always wins
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