Candidate chords by Jade Bird

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Verse 1:
 A augmentedA       G+G      G5/F#
I swear I got a sign written on my head
   A augmentedA               G5/F#
Don't use the stairs, go ahead, walk on me instead
A augmentedA
Every man takes me for a fool
       G+G              G5/F#
It's like I'm screaming from the top of my lungs, "hey you!"


🎸 Chorus:
    A augmentedA        A7/GA7/G     Dmaj7/F#     Dmmaj7/F
If you want somebody to judge, if you want somebody to blame
    A augmentedA        A7/GA7/G    G+G   G5/F# G+G
If you want somebody to hate, I'm a great candidate
    A augmentedA     A7/GA7/G  Dmaj7/F# Dmmaj7/F
If you want to employ somebody to toy with
    A augmentedA          A7/GA7/G    G+G    G5/F#   A augmentedA C/AC/A Dadd9/A C/AC/A
Really why would you wanna wait, I'm a great candidate

🎸 Verse 2:
 A augmentedA       G+G      G5/F#
I swear I got a sign written on my back
        A augmentedA                 G+G      G5/F#
That says "just take all the money you want, don't worry about paying me back"
A augmentedA
If I take a second to clear my head
G+G           G5/F#
I come back, you'll be screwing her in our bed


🎸 Chorus:
    A augmentedA        A7/GA7/G     Dmaj7/F#     Dmmaj7/F
If you want somebody to judge, if you want somebody to blame
    A augmentedA        A7/GA7/G    G+G   G5/F#  G+G
If you want somebody to hate, I'm a great candidate
    A augmentedA     A7/GA7/G  Dmaj7/F# Dmmaj7/F
If you want to employ somebody to toy with
    A augmentedA          A7/GA7/G    G+G   G5/F# G+G
Really why would you wanna wait, I'm a great candidate


🎸 Bridge:
E minor 7Em7             A augmentedA
Give me your attention for a minute
 E minor 7Em7                  A augmentedA
I know you think you can't get what you want
E minor 7Em7             A augmentedA
I think I finally reached my limit
E minor 7Em7              A augmentedA
Now it is your turn to take a fall, fall, fall

🎸 Chorus:
    A augmentedA        A7/GA7/G     Dmaj7/F#     Dmmaj7/F
If you want somebody to judge, if you want somebody to blame
    A augmentedA        A7/GA7/G    G+G   G5/F#  G+G
If you want somebody to hate, I'm a great candidate
    A augmentedA     A7/GA7/G  Dmaj7/F# Dmaj7/F
If you want to employ somebody to toy with
    A augmentedA          A7/GA7/G    G+G   G5/F# G+G
Really why would you wanna wait, I'm a great candidate


🎸 Outro:

A augmentedA C/AC/A Dadd9/A C/AC/A G+G x2 G+G G5/F#
I'm a great candidate, I'm a great candidate


G5/F#:  2x0033
A7/G:   302020
Dmaj7/F#: 2x022x
Dmmaj7/F: 1x022x
C/A:   x05550
Dadd9/A: x07770

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