Candidate chords by David Bowie

Intro: Bm E A

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


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

(Bm E A)

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


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

(Bm E A)

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


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



 Bm   E  A Bm
Uh-huh, uhhh
 E
I'm the candidate
 A      Bm     E
Make way for the candidate
 A      Bm      E A
Vote now for the candidate

(Bm E A)