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| They like to get you in a | compri | mising po | sition |
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| They like to get you with | a smile | on your | face |
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| Oh they think you're so cute when they | got in | that con | dition |
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| Well I think it's a | to | tal dis | grace, | and I | say |
| CHORUS |
| A | D | E | A | D | E | |
| I fight authority, au | thority | always | wins |
| well I fight authority, authority always wins |
| well I've been doin' it since I was a young boy and I come out winnin' |
| well I fight authority, authority always wins |
| Call my preacher I said give me strength for round 5 |
| he said you don't need no strength you need to grow up son |
| I said growin' up leads to growin old and then to dyin' |
| and dyin' to me don't sound like all that much fun, and I say |
| CHORUS |
| i say oh no... |
| CHORUS (a cappella with hand claps) |
| there might be another verse, i don't have the CD with me, that's from |
| memory, any other Mellencamp you need, let me know, i consider myself |
| an efficianato... |
| MATT |