Key: A
Introduction: D
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G
D
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G
A
D
Bm
G
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D
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G
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
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D
Bm
G
A
D
Bm
E
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
G
A
I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream
G
A
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen
D
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D
G
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G
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I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
D
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D
G
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G
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D
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
A
D
Bm
G
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D
A
G
I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines
A
D
Bm
G
A
D
Bm
E
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
G
A
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
G
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You said that irony was the shackles of youth
D
A
D
G
A
G
A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
D
A
D
G
A
G
A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
Bm
A
(grad. release)
(grad. bend)
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
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene
G
A
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
G
A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
D
A
D
G
A
G
A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
D
A
D
G
A
G
A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
D
A
D
G
A
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
G
A
I couldn't understand
D
A
D
G
A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
G
A
I couldn't understand
D
A
D
G
A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
G
A
I couldn't understand
D
A
D
G
A
G
A
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh
End on {D}.