Authority Song Chords & Tabs
The inro and verses sound better if you use barre chords instead of open chords.
Tabbed by Fritzbitz19 if you have any problem with how i tabed it, play it differently!
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Standard tuning
Intro - D A C G (listen to the song for the beat)
D A C G
It's how the hustle goes, see what the jukebox knows.
D A C G
Put my last quarter on, I play "Authority Song".
D A
Honesty or mystery?
B D A
Tell me I'm not scared anymore.
B D A B
I got no secret purpose, I don't seem obvious do I?
D A
I don't seem obvious do I?
D A C G
The DJ never has it, J A M C Automatic.
D A C G D
C G
If those were Roy's headphones, you bet he'd play "What Goes On".
D A
Honesty or mystery?
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B D
Tell me I'm not scared anymore.
A B D A B
I got no secret purpose, I don't seem obvious do I?
D A B
I don't seem obvious do I?
A B
Oh I'm here, that means something doesn't it?
A B
Oh won't you dance with me a little bit?
A B
Oh you don't notice, I guess the music's too loud.
D A C G
It's how the hustle goes, see what the jukebox knows.
D A C G
Put my last quarter on, I play "Authority Song".
D A
Honesty or mystery?
B D A
Tell me I'm not scared anymore.
B D A
Say anything you want already I'm not scared anymore.
B D
Honesty or mystery?
A B
Want something else?
D A
Just tell me I'm not scared anymore.
B D
I got no secret purpose, I don't seem obvious do I?
A B
I don't seem obvious do I?