Artist: | John Mellencamp (English) |
User: | Philip Goewey |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Authority Song:John Mellancamp.
#15: G Am G Am G Am G Am
Verse1:
G Am
Well, I lived on the outskirts of town
G Am
In an eight room farm-house, baby
G Am
When my brothers and friends were around
G Am
There was always something doin’
Em Bm
Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends
Am C
Stopped by to see me once in a while
Em Bm
When I think back a-bout those days
Am C G
All I can do is sit and smile
Chorus:
G Am
That’s when a smoke was a smoke
G Am
And groovin’ was groovin’
G Am
And dancin’ meant everything
G Am
We were young and we were improvin’
G Am
Laughin’, laughin’, with our friends
G Am
Holdin’ hands meant somethin’, baby
G Am
Outside the club Cherry Bomb,
G Am
Our hearts were really thumpin’,
Am G Am/Am-/ Am (quickly)
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
(no chord) G Am
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Verse2:
G Am
The winter days they last forever
G Am
But the weekends went by so quick
G Am
Went ridin’ around this little country town
G Am
We were goin’ nuts girl, out in the sticks
Em Bm
One night, me with my big mouth
Am C
A couple guys had to put me in my place
Em Bm
When I see those guys these days
Am C
We just laugh and say, Do you remember when?
Chorus:
G Am
That’s when a smoke was a smoke
G Am
And groovin’ was groovin’
G Am
And dancin’ meant everything
G Am
We were young and we were improvin’
G Am
Laughin’, laughin’, with our friends
G Am
Holdin’ hands meant somethin’, baby
G Am
Outside the club Cherry Bomb,
G Am
Our hearts were really thumpin’,
Am G Am/Am-/ Am (quickly)
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
(no chord) G Am
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
1/2 length intrumental chorus
Verse3:
G Am
Now, seventeen has turned thirty-five
G Am
I’m surprised that we’re still livin’
G Am
If we’ve done any wrong
G Am
I hope that we’re forgiven
Em Bm
Got a few kids of my own
Am C
And some days I still don’t know what to do
Em Bm
I hope that they’re not laughin’ too loud
Am C
When they hear me talkin’ like this to you
Chorus:
G Am
That’s when a smoke was a smoke
G Am
And groovin’ was groovin’
G Am
And dancin’ meant everything
G Am
We were young and we were improvin’
G Am
Laughin’, laughin’, with our friends
G Am
Holdin’ hands meant somethin’, baby
G Am
Outside the club Cherry Bomb,
G Am
Our hearts were really thumpin’,
Am G Am/Am-/ Am (quickly)
Say yeah, yeah, yeah
(no chord) G Am
Say yeah, yeah, yeah 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.)