R.E.M.
What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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[A]"What's the [D]frequency, [Bm]Kenneth?"
is your [G]Benzedrine, uh-[A]huh[D] [A] [G]
[A]I was [D]brain-dead, [Bm]locked out,
[G]numb, not up to [A]speed[D] [Bm] [E]
[G]I thought I'd pegged you an [A]idiot's dream
[G]Tunnel vision from the [A]outsider's screen
[D]I never [A]understood [D]the fre[G]quency,
uh[A]-huh[A] [G] [A]
[D]You wore our [A]expectations like an
[D]armored [G]suit, uh-[A]huh[A] [G] [A] [D]

[A]I'd studied your [D]cartoons, [Bm]radio,
music, [G]tv, movies, [A]magazines[D] [A] [G]
[A]Richard [D]said, "Withdrawal in [Bm]disgust
is not the [G]same as apa[A]thy"[D] [Bm] [E]
[G]A smile like the cartoon, [A]tooth for a tooth
[G]You said that irony was the [A]shackles of youth
[D]You wore a [A]shirt of [D]violent [G]green,
uh-[A]huh[A] [G] [A]
[D]I never [A]understood [D]the fre[G]quency,
uh-[A]huh[A] [G] [A]

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[A A G A]

[A]"What's the [D]frequency, [Bm]Kenneth?"
is your [G]Benzedrine, uh-[A]huh[D] [A] [G]
[A]Butterfly [D]decal, [Bm]rearview mirror,
[G]dogging the [A]scene[D] [Bm] [E]
[G]You smile like the cartoon, [A]tooth for a tooth
[G]You said that irony was the [A]shackles of youth
[D]You wore a [A]shirt of [D]violent [G]green,
uh-[A]huh[A] [G] [A]
[D]I never [A]understood [D]the fre[G]quency,
uh-[A]huh[A] [G] [A]
[D]You wore our [A]expectations like an
[D]armored [G]suit, uh-[A]huh[A]
[G]I couldn't [A]understand
[D]You said that [A]irony was the
[D]shackles of [G]youth, uh-[A]huh[A]
[G]I couldn't [A]understand
[D]You wore a [A]shirt of [D]violent [G]green, uh-[A]huh[A]
[G]I couldn't [A]understand
[D]I never [A]understood [D]the freq[G]uency, uh-[A]huh[A] [G] [A]

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