{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":899633,"song":"Plastic Jesus","artist":"Jello Biafra","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11608172-plastic-jesus-chords-by-jello-biafra/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/899633?type=chord","rating":4.72919,"votes":50,"content":"\"Plastic Jesus\" by Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon - From the album \"Prairie Home Invasion\"\r\n\r\nOriginal lyrics and tune were written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957, made\r\nfamous by Paul Newman who sings it in the movie \"Cool Hand Luke\".\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I don't care if it rains or freezes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLong as I have my plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dashboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough all trials and tribualtions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will travel every nation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my plastic Jesus I'll go far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus, plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dashboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough all trials and tribulations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will travel every nation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my plastic Jesus I'll go far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nRiding down a thorooughfare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith his nose up in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA wreck may be ahead, but He don't mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrouble coming He don't see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe just keeps His eye on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd any other thing that lies behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus, Plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dasboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough the sunshine on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMakes Him peel, chip and crack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA little patching keeps Him up to par[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen pedestrians try to cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI let them know who's boss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never blow the horn or give them warning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI ride all over town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to run them down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's seldom that they live to see the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus, plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dashboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis halo fits just right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I use it for sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll scatter or they'll splatter near and far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I weave around at night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the police think I'm tight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'll never find my bottle, though they ask[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus shelters me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor His head comes off, you see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's hollow, and I use Him for a flask[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus, plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dashboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nRide with me and have a dram[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf the blood of the Lamb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus is a holy bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus, plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dashboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I think he'll have to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis magnet ruins my radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if we wreck he'll leave a scar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlastic Jesus, plastic Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding on the dashboard of my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce His robe was snowy white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow it isn't quite so bright[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStained by the smoke of my cigar[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Plastic Jesus\" by Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon - From the album \"Prairie Home Invasion\"\n\nOriginal lyrics and tune were written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957, made\nfamous by Paul Newman who sings it in the movie \"Cool Hand Luke\".\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}