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From: jsalmon@aol.com (JSalmon)
This is from the album 'Mississippi John Hurt Today!', Vanguard records.
Key of A, 4/4 time.
Notes:
2h3 means note at 2, hammer on 3
2/9 means note at 2, slide to 9
First Part:
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----------------|-----------------
B---|-----------2h3---|-2h3---2---------
G---|-----2---------2-|-----------------
D---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------
A---|-0---------------|-0-------0-------
E-0-|---------0-------|-------------0---
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----------------|-----------------
B---|-----------2h3---|-2h3---2---------
G---|-----2---------2-|-----------------
D---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------
A---|-0---------------|-0-------4---3---
E---|---------0-------|-----------------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----------4-----|-4---0-4---0-----
B---|-----3---------3-|---3-------------
G---|-----------------|---------------2-
D---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---
A---|-2---------------|-2---------------
E---|---------0-------|---------0-------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----5-----5-----|-5---------------
B---|-----------------|-----------------
G---|-2-------------2-|-------2---------
D---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------
A---|-0-------0-------|-0-------4---3---
E---|-----------------|-----------------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----------0-----|-4---0-4---0-----
B---|-------3-------3-|---3-------------
G---|-----------------|-----------------
D---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---
A---|-2-----------0---|-2---------------
E---|---------0-------|---------0-------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----5-----5-----|-5-----5-----5---
B---|-----------------|-----------------
G---|---2---2-------2-|-----------2-----
D---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---
A---|-0---------------|-0---------------
E---|---------0-------|---------0-------
Second Part:
x x x x x x x x
E---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---------------
B---|-----------------|-----------------
G---|---------------2-|-----------------
D---|-4---4---3---3---|-2---------------
A---|-----------------|-----4---0-------
E---|-----------------|-------------2---
x x x x x x x x
E---|---------4-------|---5-----5---5---
B---|-----3-----------|-----------------
G---|-----------------|-------2---------
D---|-----------------|-----2-------2---
A---|-----2-------2---|-0-------0-------
E---|-0-------0-------|-----------------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-5-5-5---5---5---|-5---------------
B---|-----------------|-----------------
G---|-------2-------2-|-----------------
D---|-4---4---3---3---|-2---------------
A---|-----------------|-----4---0-------
E---|-----------------|-------------2---
x x x x x x x x
E---|-----4---4-------|---5-----5-------
B---|---3---3---------|-----------------
G---|-----------------|-------2---------
D---|-----------------|-----2-------2/9-
A---|-----2-------2---|-0-------0-------
E---|-0-------0-------|-----------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hurt_mississippi_john/candy_man_tab.html ]
Third part, instrumental
(note: 12 is 'twelve', not 'one, two')
x x x x x x x x
E---|-------12------12-------|-12-------10---12-------
B---|------------------------|------------------------
G---|----------------------9-|----9-----------------9-
D---|-------9-----------9----|-------9-----------9----
A---|------------------------|------------------------
E---|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0----------
x x x x x x x x
E---|---12--------10-12------|-12-------10------------
B---|------------------------|------------------------
G---|----------9-----------9-|------------------------
D---|-------9-----------9----|-------9-----------9----
A---|------------------------|------------------------
E---|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0----------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-------9--------9-------|-9-----0--9-----0-------
B---|---------------------10-|---10-------------------
G---|-------9-----------9----|-------9-----------9----
D---|------------------------|------------------------
A---|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0---------
E---|------------------------|------------------------
x x x x x x x x
E---|----------5-------------|----------0-------------
B---|-5-/7-----------7-------|----5-----------5-------
G---|------------------------|-------6-----------6----
D---|-------0-----------0----|------------------------
A---|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0----------
E---|------------------------|------------------------
x x x x x x x x
E---|----------0-------------|------------------------
B---|----3-----------3-------|----------2-------------
G---|-------4-----------4----|----2-------------------
D---|------------------------|-------2----------------
A---|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------4-----3----
E---|------------------------|------------------------
x x x x x x x x
E---|----------------0-------|-4-----0--4-----0-------
B---|----------3-----------3-|----3-------------------
G---|------------------------|----------------------2-
D---|-------0-----------0----|-------0-----------0----
A---|-2----------------------|-2----------------------
E---|-------------0----------|-------------0----------
x x x x x x x x
E---|-------5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------
B---|------------------------|------------------------
G---|-2--------------2-------|------------------------
D---|-------5-----4-----4----|-3-----3-----2----------
A---|-0----------------------|------------------------
E---|------------------------|------------------------
First part:
Well come you ladies gather round
the good sweet candy man's in town
he's the candy man
sweet candy man
Second part:
Well hey there candy man you gettin mighty slick
Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm
you must be stuck on the candy stick
Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm.
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