Fred Chords

by Zager & Evans
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Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLO-EG90J9M Chords to song created and written by Zager and Evans duo.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author zakonwielkiejpcmy [a] 79. Last edit on Jan 13, 2021

Chords

Am
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Em
A
E

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[Intro]
Am Am
 
[Verse 1]
Am
In a white enamel room
G
They pulled him from his mothers womb
Am
Hanging from his heels he cried
G
And everyone put on their smiles
Am
Ugly, red and drippin wet
G
They put him in a bassinette
Am
Tiny toes and fingernails
G
Daddy said he'll go to Yale
C            D             Em
Such was the first day for Fred
 
[Verse 2]
Am
When he reached the age of nine
G
He killed a frog with a kitchen knife
Am
He broke the wing of a nobel bird
G
With a jagged rock his slingshot hurled
Am
When he reached the age of ten,
G
He stole the neighbor's guinea hen
Am
He wrapped its beak in masking tape
G
It starved to death in thirteen days
C            D              Em
Such was the tenth year for Fred
 
[Solo]
Am Em Am Em
 
[Verse 3]
Am
When Fred was sweet sixteen
G
He robbed the neighborhood Dairy Queen
Am
He drove away in his Daddy's car
G
He didn't get far
Am
The local fuzz hauled him away
G
He went to trial the very next day
C                D                  Em
Found guilty the sixteenth year for Fred
Em            A
And his daddy cried.
 
[Chorus]
A
Oh, Fred, Fred, where'd we go wrong?
A
We used to buy you things
A
I thought we got along
E
Oh Fred, Fred, you're living a life of sin
E                                    A
Tell me Fred, what we gonna tell our friends?
 
[Solo]
Am Em Am Em
 
[Verse 4]
Am
When Fred was twenty-one
G
He was brought to bear for things to come,
Am
He'd learned to kill, hate and steal
G
Now Uncle Sam offered Fred a deal
Am
We need good men, like you my boy
G
To throw grenades and bang young boys
Am
It takes agression and a will of steel
G
And mainly, we got a quota to fill
C          D                   Em
And off to fight, went Soldier Fred
 
[Verse 5]
A
When Fred was thirty-two
G
He was covered with medals all red and blue
A
He'd killed twelve men in eleven years
G
Well never once did he shed a tear
A
Now Fred was a coming home
G
Discharged with a broken bone
A
Climbed aboard his plane at nine
G
And roared off into the clear blue sky
C                D             Em
And that's where planes always fly
 
[Solo]
Am Em Am Em
 
[Verse 6]
Am
Fred found a seat in row number two
G
Sat himself down and loosened his boots
Am
Along came a problem with long short hair
G
And said "Hey man, you're setting in my chair."
Am
Fred got up and hit the poor man
G
Forgot about the cast he had on his hand
Am
He killed him dead in one clean blow
G
It didn't bother Fred too much though.
C        D              G   Em
Such was homecoming for Fred
Em            A
And his Daddy cried
 
[Chorus]
A
Oh Fred, Fred, where'd we go wrong?
A
We used to buy you things
A
I thought we got along
E
Oh Fred, Fred, you've done it again
E                                    A
Tell me Fred, what we gonna tell our friends?
 
[Outro]
A A A A
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Fred – Zager & Evans
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