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Candidate Chords by Jade Bird

Candidate by Jade Bird

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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



🎸 Chorus: 
       A                A7/G          Dmaj7/F#         Dmmaj7/F
If you want somebody to judge, if you want somebody to blame
       A                A7/G        G     G5/F#  G
If you want somebody to hate, I'm a great candidate
       A          A7/G   Dmaj7/F# Dmmaj7/F
If you want to employ somebody to toy with
       A                   A7/G        G        G5/F#      A C/A Dadd9/A C/A
Really why would you wanna wait, I'm a great candidate
🎸 Verse 2:
  A             G            G5/F# 
I swear I got a sign written on my back
                A                                  G           G5/F#
That says "just take all the money you want, don't worry about paying me back"
A
If I take a second to clear my head
G                      G5/F#
I come back, you'll be screwing her in our bed


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


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


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


🎸 Outro: 

A C/A Dadd9/A C/A  G x2 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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Candidate Chords by Jade Bird
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Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Chords: E, A, D, G, B, G5/F#, A7/G, Dmaj7/F#, F, C/A, Dadd9/A, Em7, Dmaj7/F