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}.