"The Authority Song"
                                                    Jimmy Eat World

Transcribbed by ViviEatWorld



                    
Intro:  D (xx0232@1) ABm  A (x02220@1)  repeat
        D (xx0232@1) ABm     /  2 times
                    /

Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1) It's how the hustle goes:
Bm (x24432@1)                A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)Bm (x24432@1) See what the jukebox knows.
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1) Put my last quarter on,
Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)Bm (x24432@1) I play "Authority Song". 


Chorus:
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) Honesty or mystery?
           F#m (244222@1)               Bm (x24432@1) Tell me, I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G (320003@1) I've got no secret purpose,
A (x02220@1)                        DA Bm (x24432@1) I don't seem obvious, do I?
     DA Bm (x24432@1) Do I?
                           DA Bm (x24432@1) I don't seem obvious, do I?
     DA Bm (x24432@1) Do I?   (I don't seem obvious, do..)


Verse 2:
D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1) The DJ never has it: 
Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1) JAMC automatic.
                D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)Bm (x24432@1)           (Do I?)
D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1) If those were Roy's headphones,
Bm (x24432@1)                  A (x02220@1) You bet he'd play "What Goes On".
                                  DA Bm (x24432@1)                             (Do I?)


Chorus:
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) Honesty or mystery?
           F#m (244222@1)               Bm (x24432@1) Tell me, I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G (320003@1) I've got no secret purpose, 
A (x02220@1)                        DA Bm (x24432@1) I don't seem obvious, do I?
     DA Bm (x24432@1) Do I?
                           DA Bm (x24432@1) I don't seem obvious, do I?
     DA Bm (x24432@1) Do I?


Bridge:
                          Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)I don't seem obvious, do I?
    Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)Do I?
A (x02220@1)                Bm (x24432@1)Uh huh, well I'm here,
                 G (320003@1)That means something, doesn't it?
A (x02220@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)Uh huh, won't you dance with me a little bit?
A (x02220@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)Uh huh, you don't notice
          G (320003@1)         A'Cos (x02220@1)the music's too loud...


   D (xx0232@1) ABm  A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) ABm  F (133211@1)
Repeat Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1) It's how the hustle goes: 
Bm (x24432@1)                A (x02220@1) See what the jukebox knows.
                               D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)                          (Do I...? Do I?...)
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1) Put my last quarter on,
Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1) I play "Authority Song".
                           D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)Bm (x24432@1)                      (Do I?)


Chorus:
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) Honesty or mystery?
           F#m (244222@1)               Bm (x24432@1) Tell me, I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) Say anything you want, I'm ready,
  F#m (244222@1)               Bm (x24432@1) I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G (320003@1) Honesty or mystery?
A (x02220@1) Want something else? Just tell me,
  F#m (244222@1)                Bm (x24432@1) I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1) I've got no secret purpose.


                                  
                           DA Bm (x24432@1)
  I don't seem obvious, do I?         repeat
                           DA Bm (x24432@1) /  4 times
  I don't seem obvious, do I?      /
                                  /


   G (320003@1)A...



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