India Rubber Guitar Tab

Fake Plastic Trees [Single #1] Tabs:

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band: RADIOHEAD
album: HIGH & DRY SINGLE
song: INDIA RUBBER
lyrics from http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/%7Ecpd/radiohead/index4.html
(The Official Unoffical Radiohead Web Page)
transcribed by: Nick Mitrousis

This song also sounds great as an acoustic act too!

Chords:

open A     Bm    E(VII)  A   F#m(IX)  C     D

e|--0-------7------7-----5-----9------3-----5--
B|--2-------7------9-----5-----10-----5-----7--
G|--2-------7------9-----6-----11-----5-----7--
D|--2-------9------9-----7-----11-----5-----7--
A|--0-------9------7-----7-----9------3-----5--
E|--0-------7------x-----5-----x------x-----x--

Intro, Verse:
Drums, Bass, Guitar effects

Bass:

G|------------------|
D|-----------------o|
A|-----------------o|
E|--55-55----55-55--|

just repeat this line, pretty easy
at the beginning of each verse strum open A

A
Did it all for you to say,
You never wanted me this way.
A
Now the dogs have had their meat,
I think I'll go plug in the mains.

Bm                  E(VII)
Tumble like a clown,
A                       F#m(IX)
Before you burn in hell.
Bm               E(VII)
Suffocate myself,
             C     D
In your hair.

A
When you spare a make-up smile,
I'm instantly your biggest fan.
A
How was I to know that,
You practiced it beforehand?

Bm                  E(VII)
Tumble like a clown,
A                       F#m(IX)
Before you burn in hell.
Bm               E(VII)
Suffocate myself,
             C  D  C  D
In your hair.


The bass line continues as he kinda laughs for the rest of the song.

If anyone has anything to add, such as the little guitar riffs,
or if that F#m is right, or an entirely better way, send them to
NINinchDIE @aol.com

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Euroynmous Average	#1 by Euroynmous at Oct 29, 1972 at 10:55 PM EST
	I have no clue what OmegusPrimer is trying to say, do any of you guys?? I never seen any typos and spelling errors since I've seen a 6-year old type. Anyways, this is an interesting song of Radiohead, but just wondering how you guys know that's Jonny? Are you guessing, or did you hear that from an interview? This song sounds like a synical song to me, but I could be wrong. Anyways, it's cool.

No Picture sY Average	#2 by sYsTem oWnS rOx at Jul 3, 1973 at 2:38 PM EST
	He doesn't say anything about "the mains" He says something like, "I think I'll go pluck in the remains" Listen close, you can hear "remains" I don't know if he says "pluck in", though. It doesn't make that much sense grammatically, unless he means in the sense of an instrument. Like pluck at his guitar while standing in the remains. Not sure.

No Picture Joe Average	#3 by Joe Fitzpatrick at Jan 16, 1977 at 7:24 AM EST
	such a depressing song... reminds me of a guy who does everything to get the girl of his dreams to like him, but it doesn't work, and the girl is totally playing him on.

No Picture Cory Wanna Be	#4 by Cory at Jul 1, 1977 at 3:29 PM EST
	When you say it sounds like he's going to go electrecute himself, you're showing me in my perspective that you get it completely. How isn't willingly subjecting yourself to stress for reasons you can't explain not comparable to taking a nail and shoving it into a socket? What's amazing is how different the image is from "supplicating into" one's hands. There's nothing modest about sadism.

No Picture drw Average	#5 by drw drw at Mar 14, 1985 at 6:15 AM EST
	such a great song... definitely one of my favourite radiohead b-sides. --johnny DOES laugh oddly, but that's what's so fantastic of course. [When you spare a make up smile I'm instantly your biggest fan How was I to know that you practiced it beforehand?] great lyrics (of course)

No Picture david Average	#6 by david maynard at Apr 29, 1985 at 7:08 PM EST
	i love the chorus. "I tumble like a clown" is sung so beautifully. one of my new favorites

No Picture Faiz Average	#7 by Faiz fender at Sep 19, 1985 at 3:00 AM EST
	I lovethe druming in this song. Simple but sweet

No Picture Andrea Average	#8 by Andrea Lauria at Jun 21, 1986 at 10:56 AM EST
	how i love this song...

No Picture DUMBASS Average	#9 by DUMBASS Thomas at Nov 14, 1996 at 4:26 AM EST
	I think this song is pretty cool and Johnny laughs weird lol

No Picture Chris Rhythm Player	#10 by Chris Marcoux at Mar 30, 1998 at 9:16 AM EST
	Only thing I don't quite understand is what he means by "plugging in the mains." It sounds like he's going to electrocute himself, lol.

No Picture Your Mom Average	#11 by Your Mom at Aug 20, 2007 at 7:11 PM EST
	I love it when Johnny laughs at the end lol, and this has to be one of the strangest (but brilliant) songs that Radiohead has ever done. The echos on Thom's voice in certain parts make it sound so cool, real smooth and such.