'Plastic Man' by Kinks - Guitar Tutorial

            

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- ---------|
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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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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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------------------------------ -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