Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead

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Mxtabs [http://www.mxtabs.net]
May 19 2003
Tabbed By: Skuff

This is an amazing track and to play it properly you have to build it up correctly through the song, starting lightly on the first verse then slowly getting heavier throughout the song until the end and the chorus. I started with O-Doyle’s tab – which is correct in a sense – but if you listen carefully to the song, its mainly played on the bottom ‘E’ string – this enables you to achieve the slides that lead into the chorus and other notes here and there.

This is my first tab – so cut me some slack here – I’ve only been play since March 2003 – but I love this song so I though I’d tab my version.

First, opening intro with guitar and Thom Yorke – I’ve tried to give you a general idea of the timing – but it’s not hard to figure out once you listen to the track.

Start Time (you should know when!): 0:33  

Softly stroke those strings 
Verse 1
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -5-------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e |-0-2------------2-------------2----------2-0-| ---/10---------------10----------------------|
						   ^ I normally slide up from fret 5 or 7
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | ---5-----------------5------------------------ | ----10---------------10---------------10-\- |

Chorus 
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7-------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7-------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

ok, alittle bit  more umph in the stroking – only a little
Verse 2
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | 5--------------------5------------------------ | 5-----------------------5-------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e |-0-2------------2-------------2----------2-0-| -----/10-------------10---------------------|
						   ^ I normally slide up from fret 5 or 7
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | ---5-----------------5------------------------ | -----10--------------10-------10--10-10- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | 5--------------------5------------------------ | 5-----------------------5-------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e |-0-2------------2-------------2----------2-0-| -----/10-------------10---------------------|
						   ^ I normally slide up from fret 5 or 7
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | ---5-----------------5------------------------ | -----10--------------10---------10----10\- |


g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7-------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7-------------------------------------------- | -5----------------------------5—5—5—5- |

ok, this is gonna get emotional in this verse – bring it on now!
Verse 3
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | 5--------------------5------------------------ | 5-----------------------5-------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e |-0-2------------2-------------2----------2-0-| ---/10-------------------10------------------|
						   ^ I normally slide up from fret 5 or 7
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | ---5-----------------5------------------------ | ----10----------------10-------10-10-10- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | 5--------------------5------------------------ | 5-----------------------5-------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e |-0-2------------2-------------2----------2-0-| -----/10-------------10---------------------|
						   ^ I normally slide up from fret 5 or 7
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | ---5-----------------5------------------------ | -----10--------------10--------------------- |


Outro – you can vary this with slides
g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7-------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7-------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
e | -7--------------------------------------------- | -5--------------------------------------------- |

g | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
d | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
a | ----------------------------------------------- | -5-5-3--0------------------------------------ |
e | -5/7------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |