• Song:

    Authority Song

  • Artist:

    John Cougar Mellencamp

  • Album:

    Love and Happiness in S...

Intro:

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A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
They like to get you in a comprimising position

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
They like to get you with a smile on your face

A (x02220@1)                                    D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Oh they think you're so cute when they got in that condition

A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E      A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)   EWell (022100@1)I think it's a total disgrace, and I say



A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EI (022100@1)fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I've been doin' it since I was a young kid and I come out winnin'

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins



A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
  
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A (x02220@1)                          D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Call my preacher I said give me strength for round 5

A (x02220@1)                          D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
He said you don't need no strength you need to grow up son

A (x02220@1)                         D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
I said growin' up leads to growin old and then to dyin'
 
A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
and dyin' to me don't sound like all that much fun, and I say



A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EI (022100@1)fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I've been doin' it since I was a young kid and I come out winnin'

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins



A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)(repeat 4x)

AI (x02220@1)say oh no...

(Acappella with hand clap)

I fight authority, authority always wins

Well I fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I've been doin' it since I was a young boy and I come out winning'

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins

Outro: (repeat and fade)
A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EI (022100@1)fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins

A (x02220@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I've been doin' it since I was a young kid and I come out winnin'

A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)EWell (022100@1)I fight authority, authority always wins


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