Rem — Whats The Frequency Kenneth (ver 3) Tab

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

INTRO

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VERSE 1

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

VERSE 2

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 I'd studied you're cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines.
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 Richard said, "withdraw in disgust is not the same as apathy."
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 A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth.
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 You said that irony was the shackles of youth.
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 You wore a shirt of violent green, uh—huh.
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 I never understood the frequency, uh—huh.

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

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