Authority Song

Words & Music:

John Mellencamp

 

A   D   E  [basic vamp riff for entire song]

 

They like to get you in a compromising position.

They like to get you with a smile on your face.

Oh, they think you're so cute when they got in that condition.

Well, I think it's a total disgrace, and I say:

 

CHORUS:

I fight authority, authority always wins.

Well I fight authority, authority always wins.

Well I've been doing it since I was a young kid and I come out grinning.

Well I fight authority, authority always wins.

 

Call my preacher I said give me strength for round five.

He said you don't need no strength you need to grow up son.

I said growing up leads to growing old and then to dying.

And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun, and so I say.

 

CHORUS:

 

I say, "Oh, no!  No, no!  Oh, no!  No, no!

Oh, no!  No, no!  Oh, no!  No, no!"

 

CHORUS:  [2x – first time a capella + claps, second time with chords]