Jack Candy chords by The Walkabouts

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

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)