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fake plastic trees - radiohead

key: beats in a bar:
1=|.   .   .   .   |
2=|. . . . . . . . |
3=|................|

tempo = 79 beats in a minute (roughly)
verse
e|-----0--0-0------0--0-0-|-----0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
b|-----2--2-2------2--2-2-|-----2--2-2--2-3-3-3-|
g|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
d|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
a|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-0---0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
e|------------------------|---------------------|
  1    2  3 3  1   2  3 3    1  2  3 3  3 3 3 3

            her green plastic wa - tering can____

e|------------------------|---------------------|
b|-----2--2-2------2--2-2-|-----2--2-2----2-2-2-|
g|-----2--2-2------2--2-2-|-----2--2-2----1-1-1-|
d|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-0---0--0-0--2-2-2-2-|
a|------------------------|-------------2-------|
e|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2----------|
   1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3   1   2  3 3  3 3 3 3

            for her fake chinese rubber plant

e|-----0--0-0------0--0-0-|-----0--0-0------0--0-0-|
b|-----3--3-3------3--3-3-|-----2--2-2------2--2-2-|
g|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
d|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
a|------------------------|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|
e|------------------------|------------------------|
   1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3   1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3

              in the fake pla         -          stic

e|-----0--0-0------0--0-0-|-----0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
b|-----3--3-3------3--3-3-|-----3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
g|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
d|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-0---0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
a|------------------------|---------------------|
e|------------------------|---------------------|
   1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3   1   2  3 3  3 3 3 3

   earth___


chorus
e|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|
b|-3---3--3-3--3---3--3-3-|-3---3--3-3--3---3--3-3-|
g|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
d|------------------------|------------------------|
a|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
e|------------------------|------------------------|
1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3   1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3
it wares her out

e|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|
b|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
g|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
d|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-|
a|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0-|
e|------------------------|------------------------|
1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3   1   2  3 3  1   2  3 3
it wares her out
thats basicaly it i can’t be bothered to write the end bit but its almost exacaly the same as the chorus. it ends in an A CHORD.
just repeat where needed:
verse x2
chorus x2
verse x 2
chorus x2
verse x2 (with distortion on second guitar - i think, but the
second guitar may be a bit different)
chorus  x2
end (chorus) x6

thats about it apart from the lyrics...
lyrics:
verse:
her green plastic watering can,
for her fake chinese rubber plant,
in the fake plastic earth,
that she bought from a rubber man,
in a town full of rubber plans,
to get rid of itself,

chorus:
and it wares her out,
it wares her out,
it wares her out,
it wares her out,

verse:
she lives with a broken man,
a cracked polystyrene man,
who just crumbles and burns,
he used to do surgery,
for girls in the eighties,
but gravity always wins,

chorus:
and it wares him out,
it wares him out,
it wares him out,
it wares______________________,

verse:
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,

chorus:
and it wares me out,
it wares me out,
it wares me out,
it wares me out,

end:
and if i could be who you wanted,
and if i could be who you wanted,
all the time,
all the time,
oh, oh, oh,

if you would like any more radiohead tabs from “the bends” then email me at: nobsalance@hotmail.com  i may be able to get the tabs from “ok computer” as well.
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