{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1139388,"song":"Whats The Frequency Kenneth","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11253381-whats-the-frequency-kenneth-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1139388?type=chord","rating":4.71099,"votes":382,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab]| [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |  \r\n(the \"A\" chord is just played once)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"What's the frequency, Kenneth?\" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTunnel vision from the outsider's screen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never understood the frequency, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] *Fill1  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch] *Fill2  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRichard said, \"Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou said that irony was the shackles of youth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI never understood the frequency, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chords over solo]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   (x3)\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Solo]\r\n     (grad. release)\r\ne|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------|--------------7-----------------|\r\nG|---7b-----(7)----(7)------6--|--6--4--7---------4---4--4--4---|\r\nD|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                             (grad. bend)\r\ne|------------------------|--------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------|--------------------------------|\r\nG|---4------7b---(7)--4---|--7b------------------7---------|\r\nD|-------7----------------|-------------------------7--7---|\r\nA|------------------------|--------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|--------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|\r\nB|------------------7--|----------------|---7---------|------------------------|\r\nG|------4---4---7------|--4---7h6---7---|----------4--|-9b----(9)--7-----------|\r\nD|--7------------------|----------------|-------------|---------------9--(9)\\7-|\r\nA|---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------------|-------------|\r\nB|------------------------|------8b-----|\r\nG|------------------------|------7b-----|\r\nD|--5------------7b--(7)--|-------------|\r\nA|------------------------|-------------|\r\nE|------------------------|-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  *Fill1   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"What's the frequency, Kenneth?\" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]  *Fill2   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nButterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou said that irony was the shackles of youth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never understood the frequency, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI couldn't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI couldn't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI couldn't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Ending]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Fill 1]\r\ne|------------------|\r\nB|------------------|\r\nG|----9b---(9)------|\r\nD|--------------7---|\r\nA|------------------|\r\nE|------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Fill 2]\r\ne|-----------------|\r\nB|-----------------|\r\nG|-----------------|\r\nD|------5h4--------|\r\nA|-------------7---|\r\nE|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Rhythm Fill 1]\r\n       w/ amp tremolo\r\ne|-------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|\r\nG|-----2-------------------|\r\nD|-----2-------------------|\r\nA|-----0-------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| (n)  Ghost note\r\n| b    Bend\r\n| h    Hammer-on \r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n \n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chords over solo]\nBm    A   (x3)\nA   A   G   A   D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Ending]\nD\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| (n)  Ghost note\n| b    Bend\n| h    Hammer-on \n\n************************************","chords":["D","A","G","Bm","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}