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Did You Know? Fake Plastic Trees was the US the follow up single to Creep. Radiohead singer Thom York described the song as 'The product of a joke that wasn't really a joke, a very lonely, drunken evening and, a breakdown of sorts'. It began with a melody that he had no idea what to do with and he decided not to force the song in any directly but to go with whatever was in his head at the time.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick (Yellow when played with Open Anchor Chords)
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Fake Plastic Trees Chords And Strumming, Radiohead
Open Chords:
Open A chord
Open D chord
Open Dmaj9/F# chord
Open Bm7 chord
Strumming:
"Miss 2": |D D D U |
Tempo: 74 bpm
Key: A
Verse 1 -
||A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |
|D - - - |D - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|D - - - |D - - - |D - - - |D - - - || x 2
(Ax4) Her green plastic watering can
(Dmaj9/F#x4) For her fake Chinese rubber (Dx2)plant
In the fake (Ax2)plastic (Dx4)earth
(Ax4) That she bought from a rubber man
(Dmaj9/F#x4) In a town full of rubber (Dx2)plans
To get (Ax2)rid of it(Dx4)self
Chorus -
||Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - || x 2
It wears her (Bm7x4)out
It wears her (Ax4)out
It wears her (Bm7x4)out
It wears her (Ax4)out
Verse 2 -
||A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |
|D - - - |D - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|D - - - |D - - - |D - - - |D - - - || x 2
(Ax4) She lives with a broken man
(Dmaj9/F#x4) A cracked polystyrene (Dx2)man
Who just (Ax2)crumbles and (Dx4)burns
(Ax4) He used to do surgery
(Dmaj9/F#x4) For girls in the eigh(Dx2)ties
But gravity (Ax2)always (Dx4)wins
Chorus -
||Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - || x 2
And it wears him (Bm7x4)out
It wears him (Ax4)out
It wears him (Bm7x4)out
It wears (Ax4)
Verse 3 -
||A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |
|D - - - |D - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|D - - - |D - - - |D - - - |D - - - || x 2
(Ax4) She looks like the real thing
(Dmaj9/F#x4) She tastes like the real (Dx2)thing
My fake (Ax2)plastic (Dx4)love
(Ax4) But I can't help the feeling
(Dmaj9/F#x4) I could blow through the ceil(Dx2)ing
If I (Ax2)just turn and (Dx4)run
Chorus/Ending -
||Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - || x 5
|Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |A
And it wears me (Bm7x4)out
It wears me (Ax4)out
It wears me (Bm7x4)out
It wears me (Ax4)out
And if I could (Bm7x4)be who you wanted
If I could (Ax4)be who you wanted
All (Bm7x4)the time
All (Ax4)the time
(Bm7x4) (Ax4) (Bm7x4) (A)
Final Chord Strum: A
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Orange Pick Level
Fake Plastic Trees Chords And Strumming, Radiohead
Open Chords:
Open A chord
Open Asus4 chord
Open A∆7 chord
Open Dsus2 chord
Open Dmaj9/F# chord
Open E6 chord
Open Bm7 chord
Strumming:
"Miss 2": |B D D U |
"Bar 4": |D U D D D U |
"Driver": |D D D U D U |
Tempo: 74 bpm
Key: A
Verse 1 -
||A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - Asus4 A |
|Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# E6 - - |
|Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - || x 2
(Ax4) Her green plastic watering can
(Dmaj9/F#x3.5) For her fake Chinese ru(E6)bber (Dsus2x2)plant
In the fake (Ax2)plastic (Dsus2x4)earth
(Ax4) That she bought from a rubber man
(Dmaj9/F#x3.5) In a town full of ru(E6)bber (Dsus2x2)plans
To get (Ax2)rid of it(Dsus2x4)self
Chorus -
||Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - Asus4 A || x 2
It wears her (Bm7x4)out
It wears her (Ax4)out
It wears her (Bm7x4)out
It wears her (Ax4)out
Verse 2 -
||A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - Asus4 A |
|Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# E6 - - |
|Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - || x 2
(Ax4) She lives with a broken man
(Dmaj9/F#x3.5) A cracked polys(E6)tyrene (Dsus2x2)man
Who just (Ax2)crumbles and (Dsus2x4)burns
(Ax4) He used to do surgery
(Dmaj9/F#x3.5) For girls in the ei(E6)gh(Dsus2x2)ties
But gravity (Ax2)always (Dsus2x4)wins
Chorus -
||Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - Asus4 A || x 2
And it wears him (Bm7x4)out
It wears him (Ax4)out
It wears him (Bm7x4)out
It wears (Ax4)
Verse 3 -
||A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - Asus4 A |
|Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# - - - |Dmaj9/F# E6 - - |
|Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - || x 2
(Ax4) She looks like the real thing
(Dmaj9/F#x3.5) She tastes like the re(E6)al (Dsus2x2)thing
My fake (Ax2)plastic (Dsus2x4)love
(Ax4) But I can't help the feeling
(Dmaj9/F#x3.5) I could blow through the ce(E6)il(Dsus2x2)ing
If I (Ax2)just turn and (Dsus2x4)run
Chorus/Ending -
|Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |
|Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A∆7 - - - |A∆7 - - - |
||Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - E6 - || x 3
|Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |A
And it wears me (Bm7x4)out
It wears me (Ax4)out
It wears me (Bm7x4)out
It wears me (Ax2)out (A∆7x2)
And if I could (Bm7x4)be who you wanted
If I could (Ax3.5)be who you wanted (E6)
All (Bm7x4)the time
All (Ax3.5)the time (E6)
(Bm7x4) (Ax3.5)(E6) (Bm7x4) (A)
Final Chord Strum: A
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Fake Plastic Trees Videos
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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
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
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
And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
It wears
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
And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time
All the time
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