Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Artist: The Mothers of Invention
Song: "Hungry Freaks Dadddy"
Album: Freak Out! (1966)
Tempo: 143 BPM
Time 4/4
Verse 1:
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Mr. America, walk on by
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Your schools that do not teach
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Mr. America, walk on by
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The minds that won't be reached
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Mr. America try to hide
Am11/E E MajorE
The emptiness that's you inside
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But once you find that the way you lied
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And all the corny tricks you tried
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Will not forestall the rising tide of
Chorus:
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7 E MajorE Bm7Bm7
Hung---ry Freaks, Daddy!
Post-Chorus:
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7
They won't go on four no more
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7
Great mid-western hardware store
D MajorD Amaj7Amaj7
Philosophy that turns away
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From those who aren't afraid to say
Dmaj7Dmaj7
What's on their minds
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE
The left behinds of the great soc-i---et---y
Interlude:
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||: C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7 E MajorE Bm7Bm7 :||
|: A augmentedA D MajorD C majorC D MajorD | X3
Chorus:
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7 E MajorE Bm7Bm7
Hung---ry Freaks, Daddy!
Interlude:
||: C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7 :||
||: D MajorD Amaj7Amaj7 :||
|: Dmaj7Dmaj7 | F# minorF#m | E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE | E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE |
Verse 2:
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Mr. America, walk on by
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Your supermarket dream
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Mr. America, walk on by
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The liquor store supreme
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Mr. America try to hide
Am11/E E MajorE
The product of your savage pride
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The useful minds that it denied
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The day you shrugged and stepped aside
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You saw their clothes, and then you cried,
Chorus:
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7 E MajorE Bm7Bm7
"Those Hung---ry Freaks, Daddy!"
Post-Chorus:
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7
They won't go on four no more
C#m7C#m7 Bm7Bm7
Great mid-western hardware store
D MajorD Amaj7Amaj7
Philosophy that turns away
D MajorD Amaj7Amaj7
From those who aren't afraid to say
Dmaj7Dmaj7
What's on their minds
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE F#F# E MajorE
The left behinds of the great soc-i---et---y