Jack Johnson – Plastic Jesus Fall Line Spring Wind (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Hi all, great tune covered and mixed with couple of other great tunes. Lyrics and chords
Opening is just D with alternating plucking on the D and A string. Throughout the song
always pluck the bass string, listen to it and you will hear what I am saying. Look at
the bottom for explanation of what he does on the A with *, and A**.
[Verses]
D I don't care if it rains or freezes G as long as I've got my plastic Jesus D A* sitting on the dashboard of my car D it comes in colors pink and pleasant G it glows in the dark cause its iridescent D A D I'll take it with me whenever I go far D so give me my Lady Madonna G dressed in rhinestones and sitting on a D A* pedestal of abalone shells D driving 90 but I'm not scared G because I've got my Virgin Mary D A D assuring me that I will never go to hell
D (Plucking D string)
D And by the way You know that D hope will make you strange D Make you blink, make you blank, make you sink D G It will make you afraid of change G And often blame G The box with the view of the world D And the walls that fill the frame D I turn it up D but then I turn it off D Because I can't stand when they start to talk G About the hurting and killing G Whose shoes are we filling G The damage and ruin G Man, the things that we're doing D Good god, We gotta stop, we gotta turn it all off D We gotta rewind D and start it up again A** Because we fell across the fall line A G Ain't there nothing sacred anymore G D Nana nana nana na
G D G D G D
D
Somebody saw him jump But nobody saw him slip
I guess he lost a lot of hope
And then he lost his grip
G
Now he's lying in the freeway In the middle of this mess
Guess we lost another one
Just like the other one
D
Optimistic hypocrite That didn't have the nerve to quit
The things that kept him wanting more
Until he finally reached the core
A** He fell across the fall line A G Ain't there nothing sacred anymore
G
A** We all fell across the fall line A G Ain't there nothing sacred anymore G D Nana nana nana na
G D G D
G D Nana nana nana na G D G All my friends are getting older, A Bm I guess I must be too. G Without their love and kindness A I don’t want I’ll do G D Oh the wine bottle’s half empty A Bm The money’s all been spent G We’re a cross between our parents A And hippies in a tent. G D Oh, Love calls just like a wild bird A Bm It’s just another day G C D Spring blew my list of things to do away.
G D G D
G D G In a mucked up lovely river A Bm I cast my my little fly G But I look at that river and I smell it and A it makes me want to cry, oh G D To clean our dirty planet A Bm Now there’s a noble wish G Now I putting shoulder to the wheel A Cause I wanna catch some fish, oh G D Love calls just like a wild bird A Bm It’s just another day G C D Spring blew my list of things to do away.
A* At this point Jack plucks the open A string and strums A. Then covers the E string
on the second fret with his thumb, pluck and then strum A again. Then he returns to D.
A** Pluck open A string strum A, cover E string on 2nd fret pluck and strum A again.
Cover E string on 3rd fret pluck and strum A. Cover E string on 2nd fret strum A.
Then he goes to G.
Hope this helps! If you listen to the song performed on “Weekend at the Greek”
you will hear what I am talking about.