Plastic Man Guitar Tab

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Plastic Man
Written by: R. D. Davies

intro
(riff 1)    (riff 2)         (riff 3) (riff 4)          (riff 5)
D(4x)       D7               D         D                A
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--------3- -3-------------- -7h8p7-7- -7-7--8--10-8-7- ---------|
---------- ----4p2p0------- -7-----7- -7-7--9--11-9-7- -------2-|
-2h3h4---- ----------4p2p0- -7-----7- -7-7--7--10-7-7- ---------|
---------- ---------------- --------- ---------------- -2h3h4---|
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  A                A/G#   A/G    D(Riff 1)
A man lives at the corner of the street,
        A                     A/G#   A/G      D(Riff 1)
And his neighbors think he's helpful and he's sweet,
                              D7(riff 2)        G G/F# E
'Cause he never swears and he always shakes you by the hand,
    A               A/G#    A/G        D(riff 3)
But no one knows he really is a........plastic man.

         A                A/G#   A/G    D(Riff 4)
He's got plastic heart, plastic teeth and toes,
He's got plastic knees and a perfect plastic nose.

He's got plastic lips that hide his plastic teeth and gums,
And plastic legs that reach up to his.......plastic bum.

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-0-2-4-|
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D       C   G      D
Plastic man got no brain,
D       C         G       D
Plastic man don't feel no pain,
D       C      F#       Bm
Plastic people look the same,
G     D/F#  A(riff 5)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

D         C      G            D
Kick his shin or tread on his face,
D        C        G        D
Pull his nose all over the place,
D           C       F#    Bm
He can't disfigure, or disgrace,
G   D/F#  A(riff 5)
plastic man

solo
 A            A/G#    A/G       D(1x                       D(2x
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------------------------------ ---9b11-9b11r9p7---7------- ---9b11r9p7---7-------7h9-|
------------------------------ -0---------------9---9p7-9- -0----------9---9-7h9-----|
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-5--5--5--5---4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3- --------------------------- --------------------------|

He's got plastic flowers growing up the walls,
He eats plastic food with a plastic knife and fork,
He likes plastic cups and saucers 'cause they never break,
And he likes to lick his gravy off.......a plastic plate.


He's got a plastic wife who wears a plastic mac,
And his children wanna be plastic like their dad,
He's got a phoney smile that makes you think he understands,
But no one ever gets the truth from .....
        D            C#/A   D      C#/A   D                 A A/G# A A/G# A
Plastic man                                  altogether now

        D
Plastic man

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Adrian Lead Player	#1 by Adrian Ortega at Apr 23, 1971 at 10:39 AM EST
	Why was the song banned by the BBC on its first release, is it to do with homoerotic undertones that the Kinks were famous with including in their songs? I always thought it was about the gay stereotype because of 'plastic people look the same'.

No Picture Average	#2 by Riqu - at Oct 4, 1975 at 7:47 PM EST
	Absolutely fanastic commentary on how fake people really are. how on the surface they seem so genuine but they are really phony, "plastic" people that you really never know for sure. Nothing is really what you see, is it?

No Picture Justin Wanna Be	#3 by Justin at Aug 3, 1978 at 3:56 AM EST
	Around the time the song was being written, plastics were becoming more and more popular as cheap substitutes for all kinds of traditional products. Plastic was the new faux material, like pleather and most of the things Wal Mart, K-Mart and other big box stores sell. Cheap junk. Plastic people don't think they just follow the lead of others and buy stupid junk because they feel like they have to not because they really need it. Davies is making fun of people like that, perhaps in an attempt to get people to wake up and change their habits. Doesn't seem to have worked... There are more of these bozos around today than in the 60s it seems.

No Picture chris Average	#4 by chris at Sep 28, 1994 at 9:09 AM EST
	this song really makes me realise how fake people are, ' he cant disfigure or disgrace' they are so thickskinned and narrow minded they wont ever change thier views or opinions. But this is a great song, and really lively.

No Picture nick Average	#5 by nick caldwell at Mar 7, 2002 at 5:31 AM EST
	this song really makes me realise how fake people are, ' he cant disfigure or disgrace' they are so thickskinned and narrow minded they wont ever change thier views or opinions. But this is a great song, and really lively.

No Picture «™†Rob†™» Average	#6 by «™†Rob†™» at Sep 21, 2004 at 3:29 PM EST
	It's funny that now this song has a literal meaning with plastic surgery being so popular. People are actually plastic. Kinks songs are so timeless because, even though they were written in the '60s, I find myself thinking about the same things now.

No Picture Anthony Average	#7 by Anthony at Sep 5, 2006 at 4:39 PM EST
	This song is great, it always gets me dancing when I'm driving to work in the morning. I never really thought about the meaning I just liked the song, but yeah you'r right Lolabat.