Chords for "Plastic Man"

Date: 22 Jul 96 23:05:44 EDT
From: IAN GRANT

Plastic Man 
Written by: R. D. Davies 


  A                A7/G   D/F#   D        (Riff 1)                              
A man lives at the corner of the street, 
        A                    A7/G    D/F#     D     (Riff 2)          
And his neighbors think he's helpful and he's sweet, 
          D     /A           /D      /A         G  G/F# Em

'Cause he never swears and he always shakes you by the hand, 
    A      /E       /A     /E   A7 A7          D 
But no one knows he really is a........plastic man. 


         A              A7/G    D/F#      D      
He's got plastic heart, plastic teeth and toes, 
 D          D7  D6  D
(Yeah, he's plastic man) 
         A                   A7/G    D/F#    D               
He's got plastic knees and a perfect plastic nose. 
D      Dsus4 D  Dsus4 D
(Yeah, he's plastic man) 
         D       /A        /D       /E  /F# G     /F# Em 
He's got plastic lips that hide his plastic teeth and gums, 
    A       /G        /F#      /E     A7 A7         D
And plastic legs that reach up to his.......plastic bum. 
D [ascend through the inversions]
(Plastic bum) 

[Climb the bass: A B C# D]

D       C   G      D             G   D
Plastic man got no brain,      (ooo ooo)
D       C         G       D
Plastic man don't feel no pain, 
D       C      F#       Bm
Plastic people look the same, 
G     D/F#  A7
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# A7  [Ascend with inversions of A7- then slide to D]
Plastic man (plastic man). 


[Do the Chicken(tm) to the first three lines]


         A               A7/G    D/F#   D     [riff1] 
He's got plastic flowers growing up the walls, 
         A                  A7/G    D/F#      D    [riff2]          
He eats plastic food with a plastic knife and fork, 
   D     /A      /B      /A                   G /F# Em 
He likes plastic cups and saucers 'cause they never break, 
    A           /G       /F#   /E  A7 A7           D
And he likes to lick his gravy off.......a plastic plate. 


D       C   G      D             G   D
Plastic man got no brain,      (ooo ooo)
D       C         G       D
Plastic man don't feel no pain, 
D       C      F#       Bm
Plastic people look the same, 
G     D/F#  A7
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# A7  [Ascend with inversions of A7- then slide to D]
Plastic man (plastic man).



           A                A7/G    D/F#    D    
He's got a plastic wife who wears a plastic mac, 
 D          D7  D6  D
(Yeah, he's plastic man) 
        A                 A7/G    D/F#       D           
And his children wanna be plastic like their dad, 
D      Dsus4 D  Dsus4 D
(Yeah, he's plastic man) 
           D      /A        /D         /E   /F# G /F# Em 
He's got a phoney smile that makes you think he understands, 
    A     /G    /F#      /E         A7 A7     
But no one ever gets the truth from .....
        D            Db     D
Plastic man (plastic maaaaaan) 

All together now
A  /G  /F#  /E   A7 A7    <----descending bass

        D     [Ascend inversions of D: end on melody  B F# A]
Plastic man                                          maaaaan.


Albums this song can be found on: The Great Lost Kinks Album 



From:  Jan Hauenstein
Date:  2 Dec 2024

Good. But a few suggestions:
Plastic Man Raymond Douglas Davies

(D)
A (A)man lives at the (A/G)corner (A/F#)of the (D)street,
And his (A)neighbours think he's (A/G)helpful (A/F#)and he's (D)sweet,
'Cause he never swears and he (D7)always shakes you (G)by (D/F#)the (E)hand,
But (A)no one knows he (A/G)really (A/F#)is a (A)(hold)(A)(hold) plastic (D)man.
(Plastic man, plastic man)

He's got (A)plastic heart, (A/G)plastic (A/F#)teeth and (D)toes,
(Yeah, he's (D7)plas(D6)tic (D)man)
He's got (A)plastic knees and a (A/G)perfect (A/F#)plastic (D)nose.
(Yeah, (D4)he's (D)plas(D4)tic (D)man)
He's got plastic lips that (D7)hide his plastic (G)teeth (D/F#)and (E)gums,
And (A)plastic legs that (A/G)each up (A/F#)to his (A)(hold)(A)(hold) plastic (D)bum.
(Plastic bum, plastic bum) (D/A) (D/B) (D/C#)

(D)Plastic (C)man (G)got no (D)brain, plastic (C)man don't (G)feel no (D)pain,
Plastic (C)people (F#)look the (Bm)same, (G)yeah, (D/F#)yeah, (A)yeah. (A/B) (A/C#)
(D)Kick his (C)shin or (G)tread on his (D)face, pull his (C)nose all (G)over the (D)place,
He can't dis(C)figure (F#)or dis(Bm)grace, (G)plas(D/F#)tic (A)man. (Plastic (A7)man, plastic ma(D)n)
(A)Wup bup bu bu (A/G)by (A/F#)bu (D)bu, a- (A)wup bup bu bu (A/G)by (A/F#)bu (D)bu,
A bu bu, bubu (G)bu (D/F#)bu (E)bu,

He's got (A)plastic flowers (A/G)growing (A/F#)up the (D)walls,
(Yeah, he's (D7)plas(D6)tic (D)man)
He eats (A)plastic food with a (A/G)plastic (A/F#)knife and (D)fork.
(Yeah, (D4)he's (D)plas(D4)tic (D)man)
He likes plastic cups and (D7)saucers, 'cause they (G)ne(D/F#)ver (E)break,
And he (A)likes to lick his (A/G)gravy (A/F#)off a (A)(hold)(A)(hold) plastic (D)plate. (D/A)(D/B)(D/C#)

(D)Plastic (C)man (G)got no (D)brain, plastic (C)man don't (G)feel no (D)pain,
Plastic (C)people (F#)look the (Bm)same, (G)yeah, (D/F#)yeah, (A)yeah. (A/B) (A/C#)
(D)Kick his (C)shin or (G)tread on his (D)face, pull his (C)nose all (G)over the (D)place,
He can't dis(C)figure (F#)or dis(Bm)grace, (G)plas(D/F#)tic (A)man. (Plastic (A7)man, plastic ma(D)n)

He's got a (A)plastic wife who (A/G)wears a (A/F#)plastic (D)mac,
(Yeah, he's (D7)plas(D6)tic (D)man)
And his (A)children wanna be (A/G)plastic (A/F#)like their (D)dad.
(Yeah, (D4)he's (D)plas(D4)tic (D)man)
He's got a phony smile that (D7)makes you think he (G)un(D/F#)der(E)stands,
But (A)no one ever (A/G)gets the (A/F#)truth from (A)(hold)(A)(hold) plastic (D)man.
(Plastic ma(A)a(D)a(A)a(D)a(A)a(D)a(A)a (D)an) All together!
A-(A)wup bup bubu (A/G)bu bu (A/F#)bu bu (D)bu, (A)(hold)(A)(hold)
Plastic (D)(hold)man. (Plastic man, plastic man)

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