Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Artist: The Mothers of Invention Song: "Hungry Freaks Dadddy" Album: Freak Out! (1966) Tempo: 143 BPM Time 4/4 Verse 1: A D C D Mr. America, walk on by A D C D Your schools that do not teach A D C D Mr. America, walk on by A D C D The minds that won't be reached Bm7 C#m7 Mr. America try to hide Am11/E E The emptiness that's you inside A D C D But once you find that the way you lied A D C D And all the corny tricks you tried A D C D Will not forestall the rising tide of
Chorus: C#m7 Bm7 E Bm7 Hung---ry Freaks, Daddy! Post-Chorus: C#m7 Bm7 They won't go on four no more C#m7 Bm7 Great mid-western hardware store D Amaj7 Philosophy that turns away D Amaj7 From those who aren't afraid to say Dmaj7 What's on their minds F#m E D E F#m E E D E F#m E The left behinds of the great soc-i---et---y Interlude: ||: A D C D :|| x2 ||: C#m7 Bm7 E Bm7 :|| |: A D C D | X3 Chorus: C#m7 Bm7 E Bm7 Hung---ry Freaks, Daddy! Interlude: ||: C#m7 Bm7 :|| ||: D Amaj7 :|| |: Dmaj7 | F#m | E D E F#m E | E D E F#m E | Verse 2: A D C D Mr. America, walk on by A D C D Your supermarket dream A D C D Mr. America, walk on by A D C D The liquor store supreme Bm7 C#m7 Mr. America try to hide Am11/E E The product of your savage pride A D C D The useful minds that it denied A D C D The day you shrugged and stepped aside A D C D You saw their clothes, and then you cried, Chorus: C#m7 Bm7 E Bm7 "Those Hung---ry Freaks, Daddy!" Post-Chorus: C#m7 Bm7 They won't go on four no more C#m7 Bm7 Great mid-western hardware store D Amaj7 Philosophy that turns away D Amaj7 From those who aren't afraid to say Dmaj7 What's on their minds F#m E D E F# E The left behinds of the great soc-i---et---y
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