R.E.M.

Intro: <sup>D G D G

A</sup> "What’s the ^D frequency, ^Hmi Kenneth?"
is your ^G Benzedrine, uh- ^A huh ^{D A G
A} I was ^D brain-dead, ^Hmi locked out,
^G numb, not up to ^A speed ^{D Hmi E
G} I thought I’d pegged you an ^A idiot’s dream
^G Tunnel vision from the ^A outsider’s screen
^D I never ^A understood ^D the fre ^G quency, uh- ^A huh ^{A G A
D} You wore our ^A expectations like
an ^D armored ^G suit, uh- ^A huh <sup>A G A D

A</sup> I’d studied your ^D cartoons,
^Hmi radio, music, ^G tv, movies, ^A magazines ^{D A *Fill G
A} Richard ^D said, "Withdrawal in ^Hmi disgust
is not the ^G same as apa ^A thy" ^{D Hmi *Fill2 E
G} A smile like the cartoon, ^A tooth for a tooth
^G You said that irony was the ^A shackles of youth
^D You wore a ^A shirt of ^D violent ^G green, uh- ^A huh ^{A G A
D} I never ^A understood ^D the fre ^G quency,
uh- ^A huh ^{A G A}

®: ^{Hmi A Hmi A Hmi A G}


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 G} "What’s the ^D frequency, ^Hmi Kenneth?"
is your ^G Benzedrine, uh-huh ^{D A *Fill
A} Butterfly ^D decal, ^Hmi rearview mirror,
^G dogging the ^A scene ^{D Hmi *Fill2 E
G} You smile like the cartoon, ^A tooth for a tooth
^G You said that irony was the ^A shackles of youth
^D You wore a ^A shirt of ^D violent ^G green, uh- ^A huh ^{A G A
D} I never ^A understood ^D the fre ^G quency, uh- ^A huh ^{A G A
D} You wore our ^A expectations like an ^D armored ^G suit, uh- ^A huh ^A
G I couldn’t ^A understand
^D You said that ^A irony was the ^D shackles of ^G youth, uh- ^A huh ^A
G I couldn’t ^A understand
^D You wore a ^A shirt of ^D violent ^G green, uh- ^A huh ^A
G I couldn’t ^A understand
^D I never ^A understood,
^D don’t ^G fuck with ^A me, uh-huh ^{A G A}


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-------------------------