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Key: Am Intro: Am F/C (4x) Verse 1: Am F/C Am F/C Jack Candy was as old as my father G F Am F/C Am F/C But still I took a likin' to him Am F/C Am F/C He said: "You will be somebody's treasure, G F Am F/C Am F/C But no one has discovered you yet." Am F/C Am F/C Jack Candy lived on Sky Valley Road G F Am F/C Am F/C And that's where he did business I guess Am F/C Am F/C Some say he sold a suitcase of cocaine G F Am F/C Am F/C But he never showed me any of that
Chorus: G F This is a story that I've prayed to tell Am G This is a story that I've prayed to tell G F About the day they drove him from this town Am G Am F/C Am F/C About the day I lost: Jack Candy Verse 2: Am F/C Am F/C I was walkin' up to Jack Candy's trailer G F Am F/C Am F/C When he shouted that I('d) better head home Am F/C Am F/C The curtains closed as he went back inside G F Am F/C Am F/C And I trembled 'cause he wasn't alone Chorus: G F This is a story that I've prayed to tell Am G This is a story that I've prayed to tell G F About the day they drove him from this town Am G Am F/C Am F/C About the day I lost: Jack Candy Verse 3: Am F/C Am F/C Some say they took him out to a clearin' G F Am F/C Am F/C And made him crawl until he confessed Am F/C Am F/C Some say they hung him up by his bootstraps G F Am F/C Am F/C Some say they let him swing in the wind Am F/C Am F/C I walked along (the) Sky Valley Road G F Am F/C Am F/C And out onto the great northern bridge Am F/C Am F/C And for hours I stared into the cold G F Am F/C Am F/C Sick and tired of denying I loved him Chorus: G F This is a story that I've prayed to tell Am G This is a story that I've prayed to tell G F About the day they drove him from this town Am G Am F/C Am F/C About the day I lost: Jack Candy G F I've lived a lie and I have lived it well Am G This is the story that I've prayed to tell G F About a love and how I let him down Am G About the day I lost: Jack Candy Instrumental: Am F/C (repeat)
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