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
Solo:
(grad. release)
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
B|-----------------------------|--------------7----------------|-
G|---7b-----(7)----(7)------6--|--6--4--7---------4---4--4--4--|-
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
(grad. bend)
e|------------------------|-------------------------------|-
B|------------------------|-------------------------------|-
G|---4------7b---(7)--4---|--7b------------------7--------|-
D|-------7----------------|-------------------------7--7--|-
A|------------------------|-------------------------------|-
E|------------------------|-------------------------------|-
e|---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
B|------------------7--|----------------|---7---------|------------------------|
G|------4---4---7------|--4---7h6---7---|----------4--|-9b----(9)--7-----------|
D|--7------------------|----------------|-------------|---------------9--(9)7-|
A|---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------|-
B|------------------------|------8b----|-
G|------------------------|------7b----|-
D|--5------------7b--(7)--|------------|-
A|------------------------|------------|-
E|------------------------|------------|-
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}.
Fill 1:
e|------------------
B|------------------
G|----9b---(9)------
D|--------------7---
A|------------------
E|------------------
Fill 2:
e|-----------------
B|-----------------
G|-----------------
D|------5h4--------
A|-------------7---
E|-----------------
Rhythm Fill 1:
w/ amp tremolo
e|-------------------------
B|-------------------------
G|-----2-------------------
D|-----2-------------------
A|-----0-------------------
E|-------------------------