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What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Year: 2003 - Album: In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003

Written by Bill Berry/Peter Buck/Mike Mills/Michael Stipe

	  		Intro:  | D  A | G | D  A | G |  (the "A" chord is just played once) 
 
A           D          Bm                G              A       D   A   G 
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh 
A     D           Bm         G               A         D       Bm    E 
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed 
G                           A 
I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream 
G                      A 
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen 
D       A          D      G         A      A    G    A 
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh 
D            A                    D       G        A    A    G    A    D 
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh 
 
A                D         Bm            G           A         D  A *Fill1  G 
I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines 
A       D                    Bm                 G          A    D  Bm *Fill2  E 
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" 
G                         A 
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth 
G                           A 
You said that irony was the shackles of youth 
D          A        D       G         A      A    G    A 
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh 
D       A          D      G          A      A    G    A 
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh 
 
Chords over solo:  Bm    A   (x3) 
                   A   A   G   A 
 
 
 
A           D          Bm                G              A   D  A  *Fill1   G 
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh 
A         D      Bm               G           A         D    Bm  *Fill2   E 
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene 
G                           A 
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth 
G                           A 
You said that irony was the shackles of youth 
D          A        D       G         A         A    G    A 
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh 
D       A          D      G          A          A    G    A 
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh 
D            A                    D       G        A       A 
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh 
G          A 
I couldn't understand 
D             A             D           G         A        A 
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh 
G          A 
I couldn't understand 
D          A        D       G         A         A 
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh 
G          A 
I couldn't understand 
D       A          D       G         A          A    G    A 
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh 
End on {D}. 
 
 

		  

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