authority song : john mellancamp .
#15 in usa , #20 in canada and #93 in australia in 1984 .

intro : D

#1 .
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
well , they think they’re so cute when they got you in
A D G A
that condition .
D G A D G A
well , i think it’s a to . . tal disgrace . . and i said . .

chorus :
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
well , i’ve been doing it since i was a young kid . .
A D G A
i come out grinnin’ .
D G A D G A
well , i fight authority , authority always wins .

( interlude : ) D

#2 .
D G A
so , i call up my preacher , i say , ’give me strength
D G A
for round five . ’
D G
he said , ’you don’t need no strength , you need to
A D G A
grow up , son . ’
D G A
i said , ’growing up leads to growing old and then
D G A
to dying .
D G A D
ohhh , and dying to me don’t sound like all that much fun . ’
A
so , i said . .

chorus :
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
well , i’ve been doing it since i was a young kid . .
A D G A
i come out grinnin’ .
D G A D G A
well , i fight authority , authority always wins .

( interlude : ) D G D G . . D G D

#3 .
D
i said , oh , no . . no , no . . . . . i said , oh , no . . no , no . . . . .

i said , oh , no . . no , no . . . . .
D G A D G A
i fight authority , authority always wins .
D G A D G A
i fight authority , authority always wins .
D G
well , i’ve been doing it since i was a young kid . .
A D G A
i come out grinnin’ .
D G A D G A
well , i fight authority , authority always wins .

chorus :
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
well , i’ve been doing it since i was a young kid . .
A D G A
i come out grinnin’ .
D G A D G A
well , i fight authority , authority always wins .

outro :
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 . ( fade . )

an eighties smash from kraziekhat .