Intro A C x 4

A Mr. America, C walk on
by your A schools that do not C teach
A Mr. America, C walk on
by the A minds that won’t be C reached
Bm Mr. America C#m try to hide
the C emptiness that’s E4 you inside
But A once you find that the C way you lied,
and A all the corny C tricks you tried
Will A not forestall the C rising tide of
C#m hun-Bm gry E freaks Bm daddy

C#m They won’t go on Bm four no more
C#m Great mid-western Bm hardware store
Phi-D losophy that C#m turns away
From D those who aren’t a-C#m fraid to say
what’s Bm on their minds
The F#m left behinds of the E great D so-E ci-D e-E ty E

Instr. A C x 4 Bm C#m C E4 A C x 3

C#m Hun-Bm gry E freaks Bm daddy

Instr. C#m Bm C#m Bm D C#m D C#m
             Bm F#m E D E D E E

A Mr. America, C walk on
by your A supermarket C dream
A Mr. America, C walk on
by the A liquor store su-C preme
Bm Mr. America C#m try to hide
the C product of your E4 savage pride
The A useful minds that C it denied
The A day you shrugged and C stepped aside
You A saw their clothes, and C then you cried,
Those C#m hun-Bm gry E freaks Bm daddy

C#m They won’t go on Bm four no more
C#m Great mid-western Bm hardware store
Phi-D losophy that C#m turns away
From D those who aren’t a-C#m fraid to say
what’s Bm on their minds
The F#m left behinds of the E great D so-E ci-D e-E ty E