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Song title:      Fake Plastic Trees
Original Album:	 The Bends

Words and Music by Radiohead
Copyright © 1995 Parlopone Records and Capitol Records Inc.
Published by EMI Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


VERSE1:
Notes:
The guitar figure shows the strumming pattern,
and more or less where the lyrics fall.

Chords:
A         x02220    E6     xx2120
Asus4     x02230    Dsus2  xx0230
Dmaj9/F#  2x0220


  A                                                        Asus4
|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|---------0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|---------2-2-2---2-2-2---3-3-3--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-0---------------0--------------|-0------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

                              Her  green plastic watering      can

  Dmaj9/F#                                                 E6
|---------0-0-0-------0---0-0-0--|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|
|---------2-2-2-------2---2-2-2--|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|
|---------2-2-2-------2---2-2-2--|---------2-2-2---2-------1-1-1--|
|-0---------------0--------------|-0-------0-0-0---0-------2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2---------------2--------------|-2------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

                           For her fake Chinese    rub  -  ber


  Dsus2                            A
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0-------0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
|-3-------3-3-3---3-------3-3-3--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
                                   A
  plant           in fake          pla_____ah______ah______stic


  Dsus2
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|
|-3-------3-3-3---3-------3-3-3--|-3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2---2---2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  earth


  A                                                        Asus4
|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|---------0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|---------2-2-2---2-2-2---3-3-3--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-0---------------0--------------|-0------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

                          Which she bought from a  rub  -  ber man

  Dmaj9/F#                         
|---------0-0-0-------0---0-0-0--|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|
|---------2-2-2-------2---2-2-2--|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|
|---------2-2-2-------2---2-2-2--|---------2-2-2---2-------1-1-1--|
|-0---------------0--------------|-0-------0-0-0---0-------2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2---------------2--------------|-2------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

                              In a town full of    rub  -  ber


  Dsus2                            A
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0-------0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
|-3-------3-3-3---3-------3-3-3--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-2-------2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  plans               To  get      ri______i_______id  of  it-


                                                       CHORUS:
  Dsus2
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|
|-3-------3-3-3---3-------3-3-3--|-3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2---2---2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

 -self                                                 It wears her



CHORUS1:
Notes:
The guitar figure here is played [x2].
The second time play chords as indicated above the lyrics.

Chords:
E7sus4  x20230
A       x02220
Asus4   x02230


[x2]

  E7sus4
|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|
|---------3-3-3-----------3-3-3--|---------3-3-3-----------3-3-3--|
|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|
|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|-0-------0-0-0---0-------0-0-0--|
|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  out                                                  It wears her


  A
|---------0-0-0-----------0-0-0--|---------0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|
|---------2-2-2-----------2-2-2--|---------2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|
|-2-------2-2-2---2-------2-2-2--|-2-------2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|
|-0---------------0--------------|-0------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  out                                                  It wears her...


           | E7sus4 | % |            | A | % |
It wears her out,         it wears her out
           | E7sus4 | % |            | A | A Asus4 |
It wears her out,         it wears her out


VERSE2:
Notes:
Strum chords as for VERSE1.

Chords:
A         x02220    E6     xx2120
Asus4     x02230    Dsus2  xx0230
Dmaj9/F#  2x0220

A                        Asus4     Dmaj9/F#
  She lives with a broken      man
                 E6   Dsus2
A cracked polystyrene man
         A            Dsus2 | % |
Who just crumbles and burns

   A              Asus4    Dmaj9/F#
He used to do surg  -  ery
                 E6        Dsus2
For girls in the eigh__eighties
            A      Dsus2
But gravity always wins


CHORUS2:
Notes:
Strum chords as for CHORUS1.

Chords:
E7sus4  x20230
A       x02220
Asus4   x02230

               | E7sus4 | % |            | A | % |
And it wears him out,         it wears him out
           | E7sus4 | % |      | A | A Asus4 |
It wears him out,             it wears...


VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE2.

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run


CHORUS3:
Chords:
E7sus4  x20230
A       x02220

           | E7sus4 | % |        | A | % |
And it wears him,         it wears him
          | E7sus4 | % |           | A |
It wears me out,         it wears me out

               E7sus4
And if I could be     who you wanted
           A
If I could be who you wanted

    E7sus4                   A           E7sus4
A___ll     the time, all the time, ah ah ah


[play: | E7sus4 | % | A | % | E7sus4 | % | A |]

[end on A]