Candy Man chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

Intro Riff x 3
e|-------------------------------------------|
BB|-------11-11------10----10-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------------9-9-7-5----|
D MajorD|--8s10-------8s10----10----8s10------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|

 Intro End Riff x 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------11-11------10----10----------------------12-12-12-----------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------9-9--9-9-9-9s12----------12--------------------|
D MajorD|--8s10-------8s10----10----8s10------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------0-0--2-2--3--|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------3-3--------------|

 riff to begin verses   riff before last Chorus section
e|----------------------|   e|-----------------|
BB|----------------------|   BB|-1---------------|
G+G|----------------------|   G+G|---2-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------------|   D MajorD|-----3-----2-----|
A augmentedA|------0-0--2-2--3-3---|   A augmentedA|-------------3---|
E MajorE|--3-3-----------------|   E MajorE|-----------------|

verse 1
   C majorC                G minorGm       FF
Come all you pretty women, with your hair a-hanging down
                       G+G
Open up your window, cause the Candy Man's in town
         DmDm   G+G          DmDm
Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing bones
FF                       G+G
Seven come eleven, Boys, I'll take your money home


Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he comes and he's gone again
A minorAm        G+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the,
FF        G+G
Candy Man comes around aga---in

verse 2
C majorC                G minorGm         FF
I come in from Memphis, where I learned to talk the jive
                       G+G
When I get back to Memphis, be one less man alive
         DmDm    G+G        DmDm
Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well
FF                        G+G
If I had me a shotgun, I'd blow you straight to hell

Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he comes and he's gone again
A minorAm        G+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the,
FF        G+G
Candy Man comes around aga---in

Solo over verse
C majorC G minorGm FF
F   G+G
G MajorG DmDm G+G  DmDm
FF   G+G

Solo over Chorus
Bb majorBb FF  C majorC
Bb majorBb FF  C majorC
A minorAm   G+G
FF    G+G

verse 3
C majorC             G minorGm        FF
Come on Boys and wager, if you have got the mind
                      G+G
If you've got a dollar, Boys, lay it on the line
        DmDm   G+G          DmDm
Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey and rye
FF                             G+G
Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candy Man's in to---wn


Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he comes and he's gone again
A minorAm        G+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the,
FF        G+G
Candy Man comes around aga---in

Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he comes and he's gone again
Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man (fades out)

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