R.E.M. – Whats The Frequency Kenneth (Guitar)

| D  A | G | D  A | G |  
(the "A" chord is just played once)

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
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       A          D      G         A      A    G    A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

D            A                    D       G        A    A    G    A    D
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                         A
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth

G                           A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth

D          A        D       G         A      A    G    A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh

D       A          D      G          A      A    G    A    D
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

[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 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         A    G    A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh

D       A          D      G          A          A    G    A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

D            A                    D       G        A       A
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

G          A
I couldn't understand

D             A             D           G         A        A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh

G          A
I couldn't understand

D          A        D       G         A         A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh

G          A
I couldn't understand

D       A          D       G         A          A    G    A
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh

[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|-------------------------|