Intro:DG(4x)Verse 1:D/F#G
The terror of the view
D/F#
the emptiness
G
of this room
D/F#G
always writing
D/F#G
a gainst this truth
D/F#GD/F#
in the way that a painter
GF#mGF#mEmF#mGF#mA
must have a surface to hit
F#m
The paint is flying now
G
breaking the silence at
DA
the speed of sound
F#m
Hitting the frequency
G
she's reaching
back at me
DA
Warm and loud
G
Warm and loud
DG(2x)
Beautiful demons fly out
Verse 2:D/F#G
And we're fighting for our lives
D/F#G
to fill the corners up with light
D/F#G
Black spell casting
D/F#G
a gainst them now
D/F#GD/F#
in the way that a bullet
GF#mGF#mEmF#mGF#mA
will go until it is stopped
Refrain 2:F#m
And all the medicine
G
went to my head again
DA
Late last night
F#m
my bed of saccharine
G
my bad amphetamine
DAG
I was lit from within
D G
burning with means and ends
DGA
And the city life is
G
like sugar high
DGA
knocking me out
GD
keeping me wired
G
It's incredible
AG
unsteady chemicals
DGAG
come and go the ebb and flow
A
When the measure of your
GD
work is the measure of your worth
AG
then you better make it work
DG(4x)Verse 3:D/F#
There's some people
G
I could name
D/F#
but it's not
G
the time or place
D/F#G
to split hairs with
D/F#G
the guys downstairs
D/F#G
They'll get their
D/F#G
fair share I'm sure
Bb
The frequency is
D G
gonna take us there
DG
And the city kids
AG
the angry with it kids
DGA
hate everything
G
the first time
DG
It's incredible
AG
the kind of chemicals
DGAG
knocking around in my mind
AG
In the winter of my night I
D
found a desperate kind of light
AG
and nothing comes without a fight
Bridge:BmG
You want to know
BmG
where the good thoughts grow
BmG
but you ought to know
BmG
where all the good thoughts go
Verse 4:DG
You can't afford
A
to miss a day
G
Call in sick you
DG
better stay that way
AG
Stay that way
DGA
And the city life is just some
GDGA
other guy knocking me out
GDG
wasting my time Upper middle class
AGDGA
Infomaniac You will get yours
GA
I will get mine. So get in
G
line, the frequency is fine