[Intro]
|    |  | 
(the "A" chord

   |  |  
 is just playe

d once)


[Verse]
             
"What's the fr

             
equency, Kenne

             
th?" is your B

            
enzedrine, uh-

             
huh
            
I was brain-de

            
ad, locked out

             
, numb, not up

                       
 to speed


[Pre-Chorus]
             
I thought I'd 

              
pegged you an 


idiot's dream
             
Tunnel vision 

         
from the outsi

der's screen


[Chorus]
            
I never unders

            
tood the frequ

                      
ency, uh-huh
            
You wore our e

              
xpectations li

             
ke an armored 

                        
suit, uh-huh
 

[Verse 2]
             
I'd studied yo

             
ur cartoons, r

            
adio, music, t

             
v, movies, mag

             *  
azines
            
Richard said, 

              
"Withdrawal in

            
 disgust is no

             
t the same as 

          *  
apathy"


[Pre-Chorus]
             
A smile like t

            
he cartoon, to

oth for a toot

h
             
You said that 

              
irony was the 


shackles of yo

uth


[Chorus]
            
You wore a shi

             
rt of violent 

                       
green, uh-huh
            
I never unders

            
tood the frequ

                           
ency, uh-huh


[Chords over solo]
       (x3)
            


[Solo]
     (grad. re
e|------------
B|------------
G|---7b-----(7
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

lease)
--------------
--------------
)----(7)------
--------------
--------------
--------------

---|----------
---|----------
6--|--6--4--7-
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------

--------------
----7---------
--------4---4-
--------------
--------------
--------------

--------|
--------|
-4--4---|
--------|
--------|
--------|

              
e|------------
B|------------
G|---4------7b
D|-------7----
A|------------
E|------------

              
------------|-
------------|-
---(7)--4---|-
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-

 (grad. bend)
--------------
--------------
-7b-----------
--------------
--------------
--------------

--------------
--------------
-------7------
----------7--7
--------------
--------------

---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|


e|------------
B|------------
G|------4---4-
D|--7---------
A|------------
E|------------

---------|----
------7--|----
--7------|--4-
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----

------------|-
------------|-
--7h6---7---|-
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-

------------|-
--7---------|-
---------4--|-
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-

--------------
--------------
9b----(9)--7--
--------------
--------------
--------------

---------|
---------|
---------|
9--(9)\7-|
---------|
---------|


e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|--5---------
A|------------
E|------------

------------|-
------------|-
------------|-
---7b--(7)--|-
------------|-
------------|-

------------|
-----8b-----|
-----7b-----|
------------|
------------|
------------|

[Verse 3]
            
"What's the fr

            
equency, Kenne

             
th?" is your B

              
enzedrine, uh-

       *   
huh
            
Butterfly deca

            
l, rearview mi

             
rror, dogging 

                   *   
the scene


[Pre-Chorus]
             
You smile like

              
 the cartoon, 


tooth for a to

oth
             
You said that 

              
irony was the 


shackles of yo

uth


[Chorus]
            
You wore a shi

             
rt of violent 

                          
green, uh-huh
            
I never unders

            
tood the frequ

                           
ency, uh-huh
            
You wore our e

              
xpectations li

             
ke an armored 

               
suit, uh-huh
          
I couldn't und

erstand
             
You said that 

             
irony was the 

            
shackles of yo

                
uth, uh-huh
          
I couldn't und

erstand
            
You wore a shi

             
rt of violent 

                  
green, uh-huh
          
I couldn't und

erstand
            
I never unders

            
tood, don't fu

             
ck with me, uh

              
-huh

[Ending]



[Fill 1]
e|------------
B|------------
G|----9b---(9)
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

------|
------|
------|
--7---|
------|
------|

[Fill 2]
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------5h4---
A|------------
E|------------

-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-7---|
-----|

[Rhythm Fill 1
       w/ amp 
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----2------
D|-----2------
A|-----0------
E|------------

]
tremolo
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| (n)  Ghost note
| b    Bend
| h    Hammer-on 

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