Candidate chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

Intro: B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA

F# minorF#m                  E MajorE
Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain
F# minorF#m                      E MajorE
Inside every young pair of pants there's a mountain
B minorBm      E MajorE      A augmentedA          F# minorF#m
Inside every mother's eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed
B minorBm      E MajorE      A augmentedA       F# minorF#m  E MajorE
Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead


B minorBm           F#F#         G+G
I make it a thing, when I'm on my own to relieve myself
B minorBm           F#F#         G+G
I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself
B minorBm           F#F#                E MajorE
I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself
      G+G   E MajorE    B minorBm
Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home

(B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA)

F# minorF#m                E MajorE
I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room
F# minorF#m              E MajorE
Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon
B minorBm              E MajorE
Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing
      A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
Because inside this tin is tin
 B minorBm         E MajorE         A augmentedA       F# minorF#m    E MajorE
Would you like to techno-plate 'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah


         B minorBm
It's a matter of life
     F#F#            G+G
And the way you walk, you've got a BrylCream queen
         B minorBm
It's a matter of tact
     F#F#             G+G
In the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean
       B minorBm
A augmentedA matter of fact
    F#F#               E MajorE
That a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen
     G+G      E MajorE   B minorBm
So I'll pretend I'm walking home

(B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA)

F# minorF#m                   E MajorE
You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune
F# minorF#m                   E MajorE
You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons
B minorBm            E MajorE
You don't have to paint my contact black
   A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Now I've hustled a pair of jeans
 B minorBm           E MajorE       A augmentedA      F# minorF#m   E MajorE
Do I have to give your money back when I'm the Fuhrerling?

         B minorBm
I'll make you a deal
     F#F#             G+G
I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped
         B minorBm
I'll make you a deal
     F#F#            G+G
You can get your kicks on the candidate
         B minorBm
I'll make you a deal
         F#F#         E MajorE
For your future's sake, I'm the candidate
    G+G      E MajorE    B minorBm
Lets pretend we're walking home


 B minorBm   E MajorE  A augmentedA B minorBm
Uh-huh, uhhh
 E MajorE
I'm the candidate
 A augmentedA      B minorBm     E MajorE
Make way for the candidate
 A augmentedA      B minorBm      E MajorE A augmentedA
Vote now for the candidate

(B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA)

Other versions of Candidate

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Candidate demo version by David Bowie