Plastic Rainbow
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A F
I have let you melt me down
Em
Into a plastic rainbow
A D F
And I have left myself to hang
Em D
In a halloween sky
A F
I let you tattoo a frown
Em D
Onto a face of white snow
A F
Now I see footprints of a man
Em D
Running through my eyes
Em D Bm
Do I despise these perfect lies
Bm/D Em
I tell myself each night and day
D Bm
Go kiss by blackened heart goodbye
Bb
I'm running out of things to play
Hey, see I need to forget
Am F Em
That I've become a plastic rainbow
D Am
And I'm melting in the sun
F Em
And I have fallen from the sky
D Bb
In a million multi-coloured lies
Dm F Dm F A
I've had enough of your ideals, ideals yeah
F
I'm gonna break her like a Barbie Doll
Em D A
Push her face down in the dirt
D
Blue Maybelline mascara
F A
Is running down my favourite shirt
D G F
And whoever thought that messing with me
A
Was ever gonna hurt?
D G
Your plastic swords, too many times
F Em
In black suspenders and her mini-skirts
Em D Bm
Do I despise these perfect lies
Bm/D Em
I tell myself each night and day
D Bm
Go kiss by blackened heart goodbye
Bb
I'm running out of things to play
Hey, see I need to forget
Am F Em
That I've become a plastic rainbow
D Am
And I'm melting in the sun
F Em
And I am falling from the sky
D Bb
In a million multi-coloured lies
Dm F Dm F A
I've had enough of your ideals, ideals yeah
A F Em
Yeah, I became a plastic rainbow
A F
Yeah, I fell from the sky
Em
In a million multi-coloured lies
Am F Em
Your commerce helped for a while
A F Em
But now all I seem to do is...
A D F A D F A D A D A D F D
Smile, Smile, Smile
F A
Do I, Do I smile.
How to play Plastic Rainbow
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.