Heya. People have submitted this tabs before, and they basically have the right tab,
but the sound isn't the same the actual song. I'm positive this is right because in
the song, the high E string is always left open.
Because the E string is left open, it changes the names of the chords used. People
think that it's just F#m, but when the string's open, it makes is a really long hard
name that I don't know. :)
It's played like:
E: 0
B: 2
G: 2
D: 4
A: 4
E: 2
This seems hard to play at first, but you just have to play the
bass E string with your thumb on it on F# (E: 2 in the tab) and then stretch your
hand to fit on the A,D,G and B strings. I don't know the proper name, so I'll just
call it F#m? for now. Also in the little bridge part of the song, the tune is A, Bm,
but Bm has changed to:
E: 0
B: 3
G: 4
D: 4
A: 2
E: x
I'll call it Bm? as well, cause I don't know the name.
Sorry about all the babbling, but the chords need to be played that way to sound
right. If you have any comments, then my user name for UG is WellWellMrBond.
Because they are updating the server at the moment, it won't let me sign in.
The chords may sound wrong by themselves, but just play them along with the song.
Anycrap, enjoy!
A x,0,2,2,2,0
F#m? 2,4,4,2,2,0
Dsus4 x,x,0,2,3,0
Bm? x,2,4,4,3,0
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radiohead/fake_plastic_trees_crd_ver_2.html ]
A F#m?
Her green plastic watering can
E Dsus4
For her fake chinese rubber plant
A Dsus4
In fake plastic earth
A F#m ?
That she bought from a rubber man
E Dsus4
In a town full of rubber plants
A Dsus4
To get rid of itself
Bm? A
It wears her out (4x)
She lives with a broken man
A cracked polysterene 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 (4x)
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
It wears me out (4x)
Bm?
If I could be what you wanted
A
If I could be what you wanted
Bm?
All the time
PS - if you wanted to get technical when you play the F#m? chord, it's played like this.
E ---0--
B ---2--
G ---2--
D ---4--
A ---4--
E -0-2--
It sounds like it's just the bass guitar kicking in, and it is later in the song,
but in the beginning when it's just the acoustic, it can be heard. I'm just being
picky, but that's how it's played in the song. Cheers :)
