Authority song    (video)

 

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1. Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position,

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    they like to get you there and smile in your face.

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Well, they think they’re so cute when they got you in that condition,

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    well, I think it’s a total disgrace, and I said:

 

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 I fight authority, authority always wins,

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well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

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Well, I’ve been doing it since I was a young kid, I come out grinnin’,

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well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

 

+  D - G - A (2x)

 

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2. So I call up my preacher, I say: give me strength for round five,

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    he said: You don’t need no strength, you need to grow up, son.

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    I said: Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying,

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    ooh, and dying to me don’t sound like all that much fun, so I said:

 

+  CHORUS   +  instrumental = CHORUS

 

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+ I said oh, no ! No, no !      +  I said oh, no ! No no !

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+  I said oh, no ! No, no, no !        +  CHORUS (3x) …..

 

    (John Cougar Mellencamp)