Intro:  (   -  ) x2 

             
 "What's the f

             
requency, Kenn

            
eth?" is your 

             
Benzedrine, uh

      
-huh
            
 I was brain-d

              
ead, locked ou

           
t, numb, not u

           
p to speed
             
 I thought I'd

              
 pegged you an

             
 idiot's dream

             
, tunnel visio

            
n from the out

sider's screen
            
 I never under

             
stood the freq

              
uency, uh-huh
             
 You wore our 

             
expectations l

             
ike an armored

                  (
 suit, uh-huh

             
 I'd studied y

             
our cartoons, 

            
radio, music, 

             
TV, movies, ma

        
gazines
             
 Richard said,

             
 "Withdrawal i

            
n disgust is n

             
ot the same as

          
 apathy"
             
 A smile like 

              
the cartoon, t

             
ooth for a too

             
th, you said t

              
hat irony was 

      
the shackles o

f youth
             
 You wore a sh

            
irt of violent

              
 green, uh-huh
            
 I never under

             
stood the freq

                   (
uency, uh-huh

Solo:  (  ) x3         (hold)

             
 "What's the f

             
requency, Kenn

            
eth?" is your 

             
Benzedrine, uh

      
-huh
            
 Butterfly dec

              
al, rearview m

           
irror, dogging

             
 the scene
             
 You smile lik

              
e the cartoon,

             
 tooth for a t

             
ooth, you said

              
 that irony wa

        
s the shackles

 of youth
             
 You wore a sh

            
irt of violent

               
 green, uh-huh
            
 I never under

             
stood the freq

               
uency, uh-huh
             
 You wore our 

             
expectations l

             
ike an armored

           
 suit, uh-huh,

             
   I couldn't 

       
understand
             
 You said that

             
 irony was the

             
 shackles of y

           
outh, uh-huh, 

             
   I couldn't 

       
understand
             
 You wore a sh

            
irt of violent

            
 green, uh-huh

            
,   I couldn't

        
 understand
            
 I never under

             
stood, don't f

             
uck with me, u

           
h-huh