Living In The Plastic Age

Written by: Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
From: "Living in the Plastic Age" (Single, 3:51)
Album Version (5:13) on: "The Age of Plastic" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

CHORDS
           E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B        x-2-0-0-0-3
C/D        x-x-0-0-1-0
Am/G       3-x-2-2-1-0
C/E        0(3)2-0-1-0
A          x-0-7-6-5-5
G/A        x-0-5-4-3-3
F#m/A      x-0-4-2-2-2
Dsus4/F    x-x-3-0-3-3
D/F#       2-x-0-2-3(3)
Fmaj7   (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G/F        1-x-0-0-0-3

Intro

(synth)
| Am | % | % | % |
(melody)
| Am | Am G/B | C | C  G/B G |
| Am | Am G/B | C | % |
| Dm C/D | Dm |

Verse

Am                         G/B
Every day my metal friend
C                      G/B G
Shakes my bed at 6am
Am                             G/B
Then the shiny serving clones
C
Run in with my telephones

Interlude

| Dm C/D | Dm | Am | % |
[Verse] (part)
Am                           G/B
Talking fast I make a deal
C                                  G/B G
Buy the fake and sell what’s real
Am                                 Am/G
What’s this pain here in my chest

Bridge

F              C/E
Maybe I should take a rest
Dm  Em  F   G  [ A ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah

Chorus

A               G/A             F#m/A         G/A       [ A ]
  They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A             G/A                  F#m/A              G/A                   [ Dsus2 ]
  And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em   F  G
Li-ving in the ...

Verse

Am                         G/B
Living in the plastic age
C                         G/B G
Looking only half my age
Am                         G/B
Hello doctor lift my face
  C
I wish my skin could stand the pace

Interlude

| Dm C/D | Dm |
[Verse] (part)
Am                        G/B
In my bed I read my mind
  C                                G/B G
Remember how the mice were blind
  Am                                   Am/G
I watch them fighting in their cage

Bridge

F                 C/E
Could this be the plastic age?
| F C/E |
Dm  Em  F   G  [ A ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah

Chorus

A               G/A             F#m/A         G/A       [ A ]
  They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A             G/A                  F#m/A              G/A                   [ Dsus2 ]
  And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em   F  G
Li-ving in the ...

Middle 8

Am
Plastic age
G6
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F C/E | F C/E |
| Dm Em | F G |

Chorus

A               G/A             F#m/A         G/A       [ A ]
  They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A             G/A                  F#m/A              G/A                   [ Dsus2 ]
  And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em   F  G
Li-ving in the ...

Interlude

| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |

Middle 8

Am
Plastic age
G6
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F G/F | % | F   G/F F   G/F [ A ]
              Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah ...

Outro

| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
(repeat and fade)