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The Authority Song

Jimmy Eat World
TabTuningDrop D
★3.8(10)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

INTRO/VERSE

It?s how the hustle goes, see what the jukebox knows.

Put my last quarter on, I play "Authority Song".

CHORUS

Honesty or mystery?

Tell me I?m not scared anymore.

I got no secret purpose, I don?t seem obvious do I?

I don?t seem obvious do I?

VERSE

The DJ never has it, J A M C Automatic.

If those were Roy's headphones, you bet he'd play "What Goes On".

CHORUS

Honesty or mystery?

Tell me I?m not scared anymore.

I got no secret purpose, I don?t seem obvious do I?

I don?t seem obvious do I?

BRIDGE

Do I?

Oh I'm here, that means something doesn't it?

Oh won?t you dance with me a little bit?

Oh you don?t notice, I guess the music?s too loud.

VERSE

It?s how the hustle goes, see what the jukebox knows.

Put my last quarter on, I play "Authority Song".

CHORUS

Honesty or mystery?

Tell me I?m not scared anymore.

Say anything you want already I?m not scared anymore.

Honesty or mystery?

Want something else?

Just tell me I?m not scared anymore.

I got no secret purpose, I don?t seem obvious do I?

I don?t seem obvious do I?

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