• Song:

    whats the frequency kenneth

  • Artist:

    Rem

R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

INTRO

D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)VERSE 1

A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"  Is your Benzedrine, uh-huh.
A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed.
G (320003@1)                        A (x02220@1)I thought I pegged you an idiot's dream.
G (320003@1)                     A (x02220@1)Tunnel vision from the insider's screen.
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)I never understood the frequency, uh-huh.
D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)You wore our expectations like an armoured suit, uh-huh.

VERSE 2

A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)              Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)I'd studied you're cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines.
A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)Richard said, "withdraw in disgust is not the same as apathy."
G (320003@1)                        A (x02220@1)A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth.
G (320003@1)                          A (x02220@1)You said that irony was the shackles of youth.
D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh.
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)I never understood the frequency, uh-huh.

INSTRUMENTAL [BUCK'S NEW VERSION, NOT FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORD]

   D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  AE|--------------------------------------------------------------| (x02220@1)B|-----2-23-2-33--2---23-2-3-23------232--232--232--232--232-23-|
G|-2-4--------------24---------2---24---24---24---24---24-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| ? 1

      G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)    DE|--------------------------------------------------------------| (xx0232@1)B|-2---------------3--------------------------------------------|
G|----0-2-4-2--2-4---2------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| ? 1

VERSE 3

A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"  Is your Benzedrine, uh-huh.
A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)              Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
 Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene.
G (320003@1)                          A (x02220@1)You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth.
G (320003@1)                          A (x02220@1)You said that irony was the shackles of youth.
D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh.
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)I never understood the frequency, uh-huh.
D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)You wore our expectations like an armoured suit, uh-huh.

VERSE 4

G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)I couldn't understand.
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)You said that irony was the shackled of youth, uh-huh.
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)I couldn't understand.
D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh.
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)I couldn't understand.
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh.

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