Little Plastic Castle

Ok here it is..the new Ani DiFranco song...it's Little Plastic

Castle...This song is played on the four last strings in an alternate

tuning...to get the exact picking you'll just have to listen to the

cd...it's nothing specific...or you could improvise...it all works b/c

Ani rocks!!!!

Tuning: (EA)ADAD (top four strings are the only ones used)

Intro and verses:

D|-------0-------------------0-------------0------------------0------

A|----------0------------0-------------0-----0-----------0-------0-

D|----0-------0h2-------------2h4-------------4h5---------------

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------

D|----------------0----0---------------0-------------0---------0--

A|------------0-----0---------------0----0------0----------0-----

D|---0-0h4--------------0-0h2------------0---------0----------

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus: x3

D|------0-------------0-------------0--------------5-------------

A|------0-------------4-------------0--------------0-------------

D|------4-------------2-------------4--------------5-------------

A|------2-------------0-------------5--------------5-------------

To get the full effect you really have to listen to the cd for exact

picking...but there it was...when i play it i pick at the very bottom of my

guitar to get a bit closer to the tenor guitar sound.

Brigette

Lyrics

In a coffeeshop in a city

Which is every coffeeshop in every city

On a day which is everyday

I picked up a magazine

Which is every magazine

I read a story then I forgot it right away

They say goldfish have no memory

I guess their lives are much like mine

And the little plastic castle

Is a surprise everytime

And it's hard to say if they're happy

But they don't seem much to mind

From the shape of your shaved head

I recognized your silhouette

As you walked out of the sun and sat down

And the sight of your sleepy smile

Eclipsed all the other people

As they paused to sneer at the two girls

From out of town

And i said look at you this morning

You are, by far, the cutest

But be careful getting coffee

I think these people wanna shoot us

Or maybe there's some kinda local competition here

To see who can be the rudest

People talk about my image

Like I come in two dimensions

Like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind

Like what I happen to be wearing

The day that someone takes a picture

Is my new statement for all of womankind

And i wish they could see us now

In leather bras and rubber shorts

Like some ridiculous new team uniform

For some ridiculous new sport

Quick! Someone call the girl police and file a report!

In a coffeeshop in a city

Which is every coffeeshop in every city

On a day which is everyday