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Whats The Frequency Kenneth

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1/49

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 49Position: 6

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
|   D   A|  G|   D   A|  G|  
(the "A" chord is just played once)
[Verse]
A"What's the frequency, DKenneth?" is your BmBenzeGdrine, uh-AhuhD  A  G  
AI was Dbrain-dead, Bmlocked out, Gnumb, not up to AspeedD  Bm  E  
[Pre-Chorus]
GI thought I'd pegged you an Aidiot's dream
GTunnel vision from the Aoutsider's screen
[Chorus]
DI never Aunderstood Dthe freGquency, uhA-huhA  G  A  
DYou wore our Aexpectations like an Darmored Gsuit, uh-AhuhA  G  A  D  
[Verse 2]
                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"
[Pre-Chorus]
GA smile like the cartoon, Atooth for a tooth
GYou said that irony was the Ashackles of youth
[Chorus]
DYou wore a Ashirt of Dviolent Ggreen, uh-AhuhA  G  A  
DI never Aunderstood Dthe freGquency, uh-AhuhA  G  A  D  
[Chords over solo]
    Bm     A(x3)
A   A   G   A   D
[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|------------------------|-------------|
[Verse 3]
           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
[Pre-Chorus]
GYou smile like the cartoon, Atooth for a tooth
GYou said that irony was the Ashackles of youth
[Chorus]
DYou wore a Ashirt of Dviolent Ggreen, uh-AhuhA  G  A  
DI never Aunderstood Dthe freGquency, uh-AhuhA  G  A  
DYou wore our Aexpectations like an Darmored Gsuit, uh-AhuhA  
GI couldn't Aunderstand
DYou said that Airony was the Dshackles of Gyouth, uh-AhuhA  
GI couldn't Aunderstand
DYou wore a Ashirt of Dviolent Ggreen, uh-AhuhA  
GI couldn't Aunderstand
DI never Aunderstood, Ddon't fGuck with mAe, uh-huhA  G  A  
Ending
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|-------------------------|
************************************
| (n)  Ghost note
| b    Bend
| h    Hammer-on 
************************************

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Whats The Frequency Kenneth

by R.E.M.

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D A G D A G

| | | | |

(the "A" chord is just played once)

[Verse]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

G A

I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream

G A

Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

A D Bm G A D A G

*Fill1

I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines

A D Bm G A D Bm E

*Fill2

Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"

[Pre-Chorus]

G A

A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth

G A

You said that irony was the shackles of youth

[Chorus]

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 D

I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

[Chords over solo]

Bm A

(x3)

A A G A D

[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|------------------------|-------------|

[Verse 3]

A D Bm G A D A G

*Fill1

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh

A D Bm G A D Bm E

*Fill2

Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene

[Pre-Chorus]

G A

You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth

G A

You said that irony was the shackles of youth

[Chorus]

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

Ending

[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|-------------------------|

************************************

| (n) Ghost note

| b Bend

| h Hammer-on

************************************

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