Authority Song
John Mellancamp
 
INTRO: D
 
D                             G     A      D        G A
Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position
D                    G               A       D    G A
They like to get you there and smile in your face
           D                               G          A       D      G A
Well, they think they're so cute when they got you in that condition
      D              G    A      D
Well, I think it's a to - tal disgrace
G      A
And I said

D                  G         A      D    G A
I fight authority, authority always wins
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
                D                      G              A        D      G A
Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid, I come out grinnin'
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
 
BREAK ON INTRO
 
D                                    G       A                  D      G  A      
So, I call up my preacher and I say "Give me strength for round five."
           D                 G                   A        D    G A
He said "You don't need no strength, you need to grow up, son"
        D                   G               A          D     G A
I said "Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying
       D                 G          A             D
Oh and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun"
G    A
So I say
 
D                  G         A      D    G A
I fight authority, authority always wins
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
                D                      G              A        D        G A
Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid, I come out grinnin'
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
 
 
BREAK ON  D  G  8x
 
DRUM ONLY

I said, oh, no (No, no, no) - I said, oh, no (No, no, no)
 
I said, oh, no (No, no, no)

I fight authority, authority always wins

I fight authority, authority always wins

                D                      G              A        D        G A
Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid, I come out grinnin'
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
 
        D                G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
                D                      G
                D                      G              A        D        G A
Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid, I come out grinnin'
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
 
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins