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Tab2
Bass1
This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Verse 1
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
Verse 2
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
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
Solo
Chords over solo: Bm A (x3)
A A G A
(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|------------------------|-------------|
Verse 3
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
End on D.
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|-------------------------|
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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
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