Rubber Tree Chords

Creed Bratton - The Rubber Tree
 
This song was released on the album "Bounce Back" by The Office's Creed Bratton,
and was written for co-star Angela Kinsey.
 
This song is normally played in Eb, but these chords are for standard tuning.
Tune your guitar a half step down to play along with the studio version.
 
 
[Intro]
 
G Am C G (x2)
 
 
[Verse]
 
G           Am           C                 G
Wind it up, bounce back, do the rubber tree   (x2)
G                      Am                      C             G
In Indonesia there's a thousand snakes that'll paralyze in a heartbeat
G                            Am                      C                         G
But out the floor they got a brand new dance that'll surely kill ya called the rubber tree
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                     Am                   C                  G
You gotta Wind it up, they'll bounce back, do the rubber tree   (x2)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
C                            G          D              G
You gotta wind it up til you cool down, spring back the second time around   (x2)
 
 
[Verse]
 
G                    Am        C       G
Politicians are like reptiles, amazing longevity,
G                        Am                    C                   G
You cut off their heads, hey, it don't matter, they stay in office anyway
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                     Am                   C                 G
You gotta wind it up, they'll bounce back, do the rubber tree   (x2)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
C                             G          D                G
You gotta wind it up till you cool down, spring back, the second time around
C                    G          D                       G
Wind it up till they cool down, spring back, the second time around
 
 
[Solo]
 
G Am C G (x2)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
C                             G          D                G
You gotta wind it up till you cool down, spring back, the second time around
C                    G          D                       G
Wind it up till they cool down, spring back, the second time around
 
 
[Verse]
 
G                                 Am               C                     G
There's a swarthy gentleman, that heads into town, without his family in tow
G                         Am               C               G
He sees a young blood, in snakeskin boots, he's going down low.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                             Am           C                 G
He's gonna wind him up, he'll bounce back, do the rubber tree   (x2)
G            Am           C                 G
Wind him up, bounce back, do the rubber tree
G                  Am           C                 G
Gonna wind him up, bounce back, do the rubber tree
 
 
[Solo]
 
G Am C G (x2)
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