# # For the latest collection of R.E.M. chords & tab, go to # # If you have any corrections or additions to this file, please email them # WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? (Solo taken from _Guitar World_ January 1995) Intro: | D A | G | D A | G | (the "A" chord is just played once)A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord Bm Bm Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huhA A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord Bm Bm Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord Bm Bm Piano Chord E E Piano Chord I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speedG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dreamG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord Tunnel vision from the outsider's screenD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I never understood the frequency, uh-huhD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord 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 G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a toothG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You said that irony was the shackles of youthD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huhD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I never understood the frequency, uh-huh Chords over solo: Bm A (x3)A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord 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 sceneG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a toothG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You said that irony was the shackles of youthD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huhD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I never understood the frequency, uh-huhD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huhG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I couldn't understandD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huhG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I couldn't understandD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huhG G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I couldn't understandD D Piano Chord A A Piano Chord D D Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord A A Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord I never understood, don't fuck 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-------------------------