Fake Plastic Trees Uke tab by Radiohead

7 Chords used in the song: A, E, A/F#, Amaj7, Dsus2, Bm, D

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Year:  1995
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4.79
(Intermediate)
Key: AChords
A chordA                        E chordE    
VERSE 1: Her green plastic watering can
A/F# chordA/F# Amaj7 chordAmaj7 Dsus2 chordDsus2
For her fake chinese rubber plant
A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2
In the fake plastic earth
A chordA E chordE
That she bought from a rubber man
A/F# chordA/F# Amaj7 chordAmaj7 Dsus2 chordDsus2
In a town full of rubber plans
A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2
To get rid of itself


Bm chordBm A chordA
CHORUS 1: It wears her out It wears her out
Bm chordBm A chordA
It wears her out It wears her out


A chordA E chordE
VERSE 2: She lives with a broken man
A/F# chordA/F# Amaj7 chordAmaj7 Dsus2 chordDsus2
A chordA cracked polystyrene man
A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2
Who just crumbles and burns
A chordA E chordE
He used to do surgery
A/F# chordA/F# Amaj7 chordAmaj7 D chordD
For girls in the eight - ies
A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2
But gravity always wins


Bm chordBm A chordA
CHORUS 2: And it wears him out It wears him out
Bm chordBm A chordA
And it wears him out It we-ear - err - ers


A chordA E chordE
VERSE 3: She looks like the real thing
A/F# chordA/F# Amaj7 chordAmaj7 Dsus2 chordDsus2
She tastes like the real thing
A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2
My fake plastic love
A chordA E chordE
But I can't help the feeling
A/F# chordA/F# Amaj7 chordAmaj7 Dsus2 chordDsus2
I could blow through the ceil - ing
A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2
If I just turn and run


Bm chordBm A chordA
CHORUS 3: And it wears me out It wears me out
Bm chordBm A chordA
It wears me out It wear - err - ers me out


Dsus2 chordDsus2
OUTRO: And if I could be who you wanted
A chordA
If I could be who you wanted
Dsus2 chordDsus2 A chordA
All the time All the time

mmmm mmmm mmmm

Dsus2 chordDsus2 A chordA Dsus2 chordDsus2 A chordA (1 strum finish)

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Great tab!!! But when I play it, I change the E chord to an F#m chord. :)
26 Feb 2012
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About this song: Fake Plastic Trees

According to singer Thom Yorke, the song was recorded as the band had just been to see Jeff Buckley play a set at The Garage in London and when they got back into the studio, Yorke recorded the vocals in one take and broke down in tears at the end. The song's lyrics are about Canary Wharf in London and about the world of mass marketing and mass consumption. One source of frustration for the band at the time was their US record label, Capitol, who wanted a strong track for American radio to follow the success of their previous hit single, "Creep".

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