Candy by Martin Sexton
Transcribed by Daniel E. Smith
Artist - Martin Sexton
Tuning: EADGAE (low-to-high)
INTRO:
A F#m6 Dsus2 E
! (bend neck) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-7---------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-0-------0---0-0-|-----0-----------|
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E:-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---2---2-2-|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
A F#m6 Dsus2 E
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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D:-2-----------2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-|-0-----------0-0-|-2-------2---2-2-|
A:-0-----------0-0-|-x---x---x---x-x-|-----------------|-2-------2-------|
E:-----------------|-2---2---2---2-2-|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
This is the verse (play four times per verse):
hey little jail bait tell me your story
A F#m6 Dsus2 E
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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E:-----------------|-2---2---2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
LYRICS:
play intro
Hey little jail bait tell me your story
Let me bum a smoke and we can chat a while
I want to see you talk straight so let me hear your story
Before you get off and make your change
play 2nd line of intro
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PRE-CHORUS
D E A F#
You see lately I've found that there's hell going 'round
Dsus2 E A
And honey you've given one big chase to my strain
CHORUS
G Dsus2 A
Talkin bout a woman who's lost a lot of days in this life
G Dsus2 A
Talkin bout a woman who just can't say no
G Dsus2 A
She needs another lover like she needs another dose in her blood
G Dsus2 A F#m6 Dsus2 E
Talkin bout a woman who's name is Candy
A F#m6 Dsus2 E
She's so fine
A F#m6 Dsus2 E
She's waiting on a back street line
A F#m6 Dsus2 A* A/G# A7/G
Like a lost angel not long for this world
Don't usually get emotional don't usually show my veins she said
Only when I sing or when I'm making tracks
Sweatin's just a mean way to show me where I am
And to tell me where I need to be
PRE-CHORUS
And through those eyes if she wore her disguise
I'd see through it and say come in from the rain girl the rain girl
CHORUS
Talkin bout a woman she loves me like a dog loves a bone
Talkin about a woman who just can't let go
I need her as my lover like I need another hole in my head
I'm talkin about a woman I know Candy
She's so fine
But she's shaking on that back street line
A F#m6 Dsus2 A* A/G# A7/G
Like a loose cannon ashamed to explode
A* A/G# A7/G A(V)
CHORUS
ad-lib vocals
G Dsus2 A
G Dsus2 A
G Dsus2 A* A/G# A7/G
When will I learn to let you go
A* A/G# A7/G
You're my Candy
A* A/G# A7/G A(V)
You're my lost angel not long for this world
CHORDS:
E 022100
F#m6 2x120x
Dsus2 xx0200
D xx0202
F# 2443xx
G 320003
A x02200
A(V) xx7605
A* xxx909
A/G# xxx809
A7/G xxx709
