Jets to Brazil – The Frequency (Ukulele)

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Perfecting Loneliness 2002 Jade Tree Records Submitted by: [email protected] Key: D Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: D - xx0232 D/F# - 2x023x F#m - 244222 G - 320033 A - x02220 Bm - x24432 Bb - x13331 Intro: D---G- x4 Verse 1:
D/F#                 G
   The terror of the view

D/F#
   the emptiness

        G
of this room

D/F#      G
   always writing

 D/F#           G
a---gainst this truth

D/F#       G          D/F#
    in the way that a painter

G                           F#m-G-F#m-Em-F#m-G-F#m-A-
  must have a surface to hit
Refrain 1:
F#m
   The paint is flying now

G
   breaking the silence at

D               A
   the speed of sound

F#m
   Hitting the frequency

G
   she's reaching
back at me
D          A
  Warm and loud

         G
Warm and loud

                     D---G- x2
Beautiful demons fly out
Verse 2:
D/F#                          G
   And we're fighting for our lives

D/F#                           G
   to fill the corners up with light

D/F#           G
   Black spell casting

 D/F#           G
a---gainst them now

D/F#      G          D/F#
   in the way that a bullet

G                      F#m-G-F#m-Em-F#m-G-F#m-A-
  will go until it is stopped
Refrain 2:
F#m
   And all the medicine

G
   went to my head again

D            A
   Late last night

F#m
   my bed of saccharine

G
   my bad amphetamine

D        A            G
   I was lit from within

                       D---G-
burning with means and ends
Chorus 1:
D         G        A
  And the city life is

     G
like sugar high

D     G       A
  knocking me out

   G       D
keeping me wired

       G
It's incredible

A          G
  unsteady chemicals

D      G          A       G
  come and go the ebb and flow

A
  When the measure of your

G                           D
work is the measure of your worth

         A              G
then you better make it work
Post chorus: D---G- x4 Verse 3:
D/F#
   There's some people

        G
I could name

D/F#
   but it's not

           G
the time or place

D/F#        G
   to split hairs with

    D/F#      G
the guys downstairs

D/F#        G
They'll get their

     D/F#      G
fair share I'm sure

    Bb(hold)
The frequency is
D---G- gonna take us there Chorus 2:
D         G
  And the city kids

A           G
  the angry with it kids

D      G    A
  hate everything

    G
the first time

D        G
  It's incredible

A             G
  the kind of chemicals

D     G     A        G
  knocking around in my mind

A                     G
  In the winter of my night I

                          D
found a desperate kind of light

            A               G
and nothing comes without a fight
Bridge:
Bm            G
  You want to know

Bm                        G
  where the good thoughts grow

Bm                 G
  but you ought to know

Bm                            G(hold)
  where all the good thoughts go
Verse 4:
D             G
  You can't afford

          A
to miss a day

        G
Call in sick you

        D           G
better stay that way

 A           G
Stay that way
Chorus 3:
D         G        A
  And the city life is just some

G        D    G       A
other guy knocking me out

   G       D          G
wasting my time Upper middle class

A         G D    G        A
  Infomaniac You will get yours

  G        A
I will get mine. So get in

G
line, the frequency is fine
Outro: D Bm D Bm G D Bm D Bm G Bb D Bm D Bm G D(hold)
Guitar 2:
       D           Bm          D          Bm
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B|-----------|---2-3-2-0-|-----------|--2-3-2-0-|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
D|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|----------|
A|-----------|-2---------|-----------|-2--------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|

            G
e|----------------------|
B|-----0----------0-----|
G|---2---2------2---2---|
D|---------0----------0-|
A|----------------------|
E|-3----------3---------|

       D           Bm          D          Bm
e|---2-3-2-0-|-----------|---2-3-2-0-|----------|
B|-----------|---2-3-2-0-|-----------|--2-3-2-0-|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
D|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|----------|
A|-----------|-2---------|-----------|-2--------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|

           G            Bb
e|--------------------|---|
B|-----0----------0---|---|
G|---2---2------2---2-|---|
D|---------0----------|-0-|
A|--------------------|---|
E|-3----------3-------|---|

       D           Bm          D          Bm
e|---2-3-2-0-|-----------|---2-3-2-0-|----------|
B|-----------|---2-3-2-0-|-----------|--2-3-2-0-|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
D|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|----------|
A|-----------|-2---------|-----------|-2--------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|

            G             D
e|----------------------|---|
B|-----0----------0-----|---|
G|---2---2------2---2---|---|
D|---------0----------0-|-0-|
A|----------------------|---|
E|-3----------3---------|---|