This is a fairly easy song, but contains some decent chord work..sounds great with the right amp settings
Enjoy...
Intro: D G D G
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 *** 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-------------------------
