| | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | A | G |
| | What's the frequency, | Kenneth? Is your | Benzedrine, | uh-hu | h. | | | |
| | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | Bm | E |
| | I was | brain-dead, locked out | , numb, | not up to | speed. | | | |
| | G | A |
| | I thought I pegged you an | idiot's dream. |
| | G | A |
| | Tunnel vision from the | insider's screen. |
| | D | A | D | G | A | G | A |
| | I never | understood | the frequen | cy, uh-hu | h. | | |
| | D | A | D | G | A | G | A | D |
| | You wore our | expectations | like an armoured | suit, uh | -huh. | | | |
| | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | A | G |
| | I'd studied you're | cartoons, radio, | music, TV, | movies, maga | zine | s. | | |
| | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | Bm | E |
| | Richard said, | withdraw in dis | gust is not the | same as apa | thy. | | | |
| | 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 | G | A |
| | You wore a | shirt of | violent | green, uh-hu | h. | | |
| | D | A | D | G | A | G | A | D |
| | I never | understood | the frequen | cy, uh-hu | h. | | | |
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| | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | A | G |
| | What's the frequency, | Kenneth? Is your | Benzedrine, | uh-hu | h. | | | |
| | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | Bm | E |
| | Butterfly | decal, rear-view | 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 | G | A |
| | You wore a | shirt of | violent | green, uh-hu | h. | | |
| | D | A | D | G | A | G | A |
| | I never | understood | the frequen | cy, uh-hu | h. | | |
| | D | A | D | G | A |
| | You wore our | expectations | like an armoured | suit, uh | -huh. |
| | G | A |
| | I couldn't under | stand. |
| | D | A | D | G | A |
| | You said that | irony was the | shackled of | youth, uh-hu | h. |
| | G | A |
| | I couldn't under | stand. |
| | D | A | D | G | A |
| | You wore a | shirt of | violent | green, uh-hu | h. |
| | G | A |
| | I couldn't under | stand. |
| | D | A | D | G | A | G | A | D |
| | I never | understood, | don't fuck with | me, uh-hu | h. | | | |