Authority song
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1. Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position,
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A
they like to get you there and smile in your face.
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- A
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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- A
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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- G - A
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)