Plants and Rags Chords

KeyAb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays404

Plants and Rags by PJ Harvey is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, F#, B, Em, Am, Gm and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Ab
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16
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iT is played in a very special way though: 
 
E|-----4-xx-----2-xx-7-7-77-07-7-xx- 
B|-----4-xx-----2-xx-7-7-77-07-7-xx- 
G|-----5-xx-----3-xx-8-8-88-88-8-xx- 
D|-----6-xx-----4-xx-9-9-99-99-9-xx-    AND REPEAT 
A|-----6-xx-----4-xx-9-9-99-99-9-xx- 
E|-4-4---xx-2-2---xx-7-7-77-07-7-xx- 

Lyrics: 
         Ab     F#  B    Ab    F#            B    
	Plants and rags, ease myself into a bodybag 
	plants and rags, ease myself into a bodybag 
 
	Dreamt a man,    he fed me fine food he gave me shiny things 
	Dreamt a man,    he gave me fine food he gave me shiny things 
 
	Then: solo with guitar and violin 
	For this: Em slide->Am-->Gm-->Fm-->Em-->(and repeat) 
		listen to the record to get how it goes. 
 
	Ab    F#   B          (still on B chord)      Ab   F# 
	White and black, You looking at the son boy..the sun doesn't shine 
	      B 
	round here in the shadows 
	Ab    F#   B           (Still on B chord)      Ab   F#                  
	White and black, you looking for the sun boy...The sun doesn't 
	            B 
	shine round here, oh no, no...  
	 
	Ab -> F# -> B 
         
	Ab     F#   B                (Still on B chord) 
	House and home who thought they could take away that place?, 
        Ab              F#                        B 
	outside and they lead us outside and they lead us outside and they 
	  (Still On B chord) 
	lead us out queitly.. 
	Ab    F#    B                       (still on B chord) 
	House and home who thoguht they could take away that place?,  
	Ab               F#                           B 
	outside and they lead us out quietly and they lead us outside and 
	   (still on B chord) 
	they lead us out quietly...  
 
	Solo again with guitar and violin
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante