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Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Ukulele Chords

Chord reference A, D, E, Bm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[A]Her green plastic [A]watering [D]can [D]For her fake Chinese [E]rubber [D]plant In the fake [A]plastic [D]earth [A]That she bought from a [A]rubber [D]man [D] In a town full of [E]rubber [D]plans To get [A]rid of [D]itself

It wears her [Bm]out, it wears her [A]out It wears her [Bm]out, it wears her [A]out

[A]She lives with a [A]broken [D]man [D]A cracked polys[E]tyrene [D]man Who just [A]crumbles and [D]burns [A]He used to do [A]sur[D]gery [D]For girls in the [E]eight[D]ies But gravity [A]always [D]wins

And it wears him [Bm]out, it wears him [A]out And it wears him [Bm]out, it [A]wears…

She [A]looks like the [A]real [D]thing [D]She tastes like the [E]real [D]thing My fake [A]plastic [D]love [A]But I can’t help [A]the [D]feeling [D]I could blow through the [E]ceil[D]ing If I just [A]turn [D]and run

And it wears me [Bm]out It wears me [A]out It wears me [Bm]out It [A]wears me out

[Bm]And if I could be who you wanted If I could [A]be who you wanted [E]All the [Bm]time, [E]all the [A]time [Bm]Hmm mm [A]mm [Bm] [A]

Artist Radiohead
Album The Bends
Year 1995
Key A

How to play Fake Plastic Trees on Ukulele (Step-by-step)

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees on ukulele requires 4 chords and 6 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

When you are ready, begin with A - D chord transition.

1. A → D chord transition

  • To play the starting chord A; Place index finger on C string fret 1. Place middle finger on G string fret 2.
  • To move from A to D; Move index finger from C string fret 1 to G string fret 2.
  • Move middle finger from G string fret 2 to C string fret 2. Place ring finger on E string fret 2.
A to D

2. D → E chord transition

  • To move from D to E; Lift ring finger.
  • Move index finger from G string fret 2 to G string fret 1. Move middle finger from C string fret 2 to A string fret 2. Place pinky on C string fret 4.
D to E

5. A → E chord transition

  • To move from A to E; Move index finger from C string fret 1 to G string fret 1.
  • Move middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 2. Place pinky on C string fret 4.
A to E