[INTRO] 
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[Verse 1]
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Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position.
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They like to get you there and smile in your face.
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Well, they think they're so cute when they got you in 
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that condition.
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Well, I think it's a to..tal disgrace..and I said..
 
[CHORUS]
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I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
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I come out grinnin'.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
 
 
[INTERLUDE] 
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[Verse 2]
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So, I call up my preacher,I say, 'Give me strength 
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for Round Five.'
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He said , 'You don't need no strength, you need to 
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grow up, son.'
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I said, 'Growing up leads to growing old and then 
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to dying.
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Ohhh, and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun.'
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So, I said..
 
[CHORUS]
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I fight authority, authority always wins.
      D                  G         A      D    G A
Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
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I come out grinnin'.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
 
 
[INTERLUDE] 
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[Verse 3]
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I said, oh, no..no, no.....I said, oh, no..no, no.....
 
I said, oh, no..no, no.....
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I fight authority, authority always wins.
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I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
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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.
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Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid..
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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.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins. (Fade.)