"The Authority Song"
                                                    Jimmy Eat World

Transcribbed by ViviEatWorld



                    \
Intro:  D   A Bm  A  \  repeat
        D   A Bm     /  2 times
                    /

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


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


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


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


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


   D   A Bm  A
   D   A Bm  F


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


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


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                           D A Bm  \
  I don't seem obvious, do I?       \  repeat
                           D A Bm   /  4 times
  I don't seem obvious, do I?      /
                                  /


   G  A...



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