"Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead
This file done by: "Grambo4"
Special thanks to Glenn Rubenstein, whose tab I'm using as the basis for my version
Some of the tabs I've seen have the right chords, just not all the ones used in the
song, which leaves the tune quite incomplete and one-dimensional (and wrong...). So, I'm
putting in the chords which have been missing. This is just for one, acoustic guitar, so
it's still pretty basic, and easily covered.
Listen to the song to get the rhythm pattern for strumming. I confess I'm not very good
at typing those out. My apologies. You'll get the hang of it though!
Chords:
Asus: x02200
A: x02220
Aadd4: x02230
Amaj7: x02120
F#m7: 2x022(0) - not sure that's the proper name, but it's right.
Emaj6: 022120
Dsus: xx0230 - this I think is optional, but you can have fun and mix it up
D: xx0232
Bm7: x2x230
[Verse 1]
A F#m7
Her green plastic watering can
Emaj6 D
For her fake chinese rubber plant
A D
In the fake plastic earth
A F#m7
That she bought from a rubber man
Emaj6 D
In a town full of rubber plans
A D
To get rid of itself
[Chorus]
Bm7
It wears her out..
A
It wears her out..
Bm7
It wears her out..
A Try out the 'add4' and 'sus' chords in here
It wears her out
[Verse 2]
A F#m7
She lives with a broken man
Emaj6 D
A cracked polystyrene man
A D
Who just crumbles and burns
A F#m7
He used to do surgery
Emaj6 D
For girls in the eighties
A D
But gravity always wins
[Chorus]
Bm7
And it wears him out..
A
It wears him out..
Bm7
It wears him out..
Aadd4 A (you can slip in the Asus here, and hammer on to the A)
It weeeeeaaaars
[Verse 3]
A F#m7
She looks like the real thing
Emaj6 D
She tastes like the real thing
A D
My fake plastic love
A F#m7
But I can't help the feeling
Emaj6 D
I could blow through the ceiling
A D
If I just turn and run
[Chorus]
Bm7
And it wears me out
A
It wears me out
Bm7
It wears me out
A Amaj7
It wears me out
[Outro]
Bm7
And if I could be who you wanted
A
If I could be who you wanted
Bm7
All the time..
A
All the time..
Play chords through again to end
Bm7, A, Bm7, A - end on A
