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Introduction: G C G D G C G D G
G C
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
G
Riding on the dashboard of my car
G
Through my trials and tribulations,
C
And my travels &lsquo cross the nation,
G D G
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far.
G
When I'm in a traffic jam
C
He don't care if I say Damn
G D
I can let all sorts of curses roll
G
Plastic Jesus doesn't hear
C
For he has a plastic ear
G D G
The man who invented plastic saved my soul
G C
Plastic Jesus, Plastic Jesus
G D
Riding on the dashboard of my car
G
Once his robe was snowy white
C
Now it isn't quite so bright
G D G
Stained by the smoke of my cigar
G
If I weave around at night
C
And the police think I'm tight
G D
I don&rsquo t worry that they&rsquo ll find my stash
G
Plastic Jesus shelters me
C
For His head comes off, you see
G D G
And voila, I have a secret flask
G C
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
G D
Riding on the dashboard of my car
G
Ride with me and have a dram
C
Of the blood of the Lamb
G D G
Plastic Jesus is a holy bar
G
When my babe and I go parkin&rsquo
C
Fornicating in the dark
G D
I don&rsquo t have to think she&rsquo ll get PG
G
I have no worries and no cares
C
Because the raincoat that he wears
G D G
Serves a dual purpose, don&rsquo t you see
G C
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
G D
Riding on the dashboard of my car
G
He don&rsquo t slip and he don&rsquo t slide
C
Because his ass is magnetized
G D G
Sittin on the dashboard of my car
G
Riding home one foggy night,
C
With my honey cuddled tight,
G D
I missed a curve and off the road we veered.
G
My windshield, it got smashed-up good,
C
And my darling graced the hood.
G D G
Plastic Jesus, He had disappeared.
G C
Plastic Jesus! Plastic Jesus,
G D
No longer chides me with His holy grin.
G
Doctors in the X-ray room
C
Found Him in my darling's womb.
G D G
Someday, maybe he'll be born again!
G C
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
G D
Riding on the dashboard of my car
G
Through my trials and tribulations,
C
And my travels &lsquo cross the nation,
G D G
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far.