Candy
Martin Sexton

Martin Sexton
Black Sheep
1996

Marty does this whole thing solo: guitar, vocals, harmonies.
It is completely awesome.  And the story is kind of funny
even though I think it's true (Marty introduced the song like
this: "Here's a song about a friend of mine").  Make sure
you try the slight alternate tuning he uses.  I'm going to
have fun with this one...

Lyrics
Chords

Tuning: EADGAE (low-to-high)

INTRO:

                     A                 F#m6              Dsus2             E
   !   (bend neck)   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-7---------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-0-------0---0-0-|-----0-----------|
B:-7---------------|-0---------0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---------0-0-0-|-----0-------0-0-|
G:-7---------------|-2---2-------2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2-------2-2-|-1---1-------1-1-|
D:-7---------------|-2-----------2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-|-0-----------0-0-|-2-------2---2-2-|
A:-----------------|-0-----------0-0-|-x---x---x---x-x-|-----------------|-2-------2-------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---2---2-2-|-----------------|-0-------0-------|


   A                 F#m6              Dsus2             E
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-0-------0-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----0-----------|
B:-0---------0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---------0-0-0-|-----0-------0-0-|
G:-2---2-------2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2-------2-2-|-1---1-------1-1-|
D:-2-----------2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-|-0-----------0-0-|-2-------2---2-2-|
A:-0-----------0-0-|-x---x---x---x-x-|-----------------|-2-------2-------|
E:-----------------|-2---2---2---2-2-|-----------------|-0-------0-------|

This is the verse (play four times per verse):

       hey little jail bait            tell me your    story
   A                 F#m6              Dsus2             E
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-0-----0-----0---|-----------0-----|
B:-0---0---0---0-0-|---------------0-|-0-------0---0---|-----0-----------|
G:-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2-------|-2---2-------2---|-1---1---------1-|
D:-2---2---2---2-2-|-1---1---1-------|-0-----------0---|-2-------2-----2-|
A:-0---0---0---0-0-|-x---x---x-------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|
E:-----------------|-2---2---2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|

LYRICS:

play intro

Hey little jail bait tell me your story
Let me bum a smoke and we can chat a while
I want to see you talk straight so let me hear your story
Before you get off and make your change

play 2nd line of intro

PRE-CHORUS
        D             E                A              F#
You see lately I've found that there's hell going 'round
          Dsus2                E           A
And honey you've given one big chase to my strain

CHORUS
G                Dsus2                     A
   Talkin bout a woman who's lost a lot of days in this life
G                Dsus2                 A
   Talkin bout a woman who just can't say no
G                    Dsus2                        A
   She needs another lover like she needs another dose in her blood
G                Dsus2               A    F#m6   Dsus2   E
   Talkin bout a woman who's name is Candy
         A    F#m6   Dsus2   E
She's so fine

      A            F#m6          Dsus2    E
She's waiting on a back street line
A           F#m6      Dsus2            A*   A/G#   A7/G
Like a lost angel not long for this world


Don't usually get emotional don't usually show my veins she said
Only when I sing or when I'm making tracks
Sweatin's just a mean way to show me where I am
And to tell me where I need to be

PRE-CHORUS
And through those eyes if she wore her disguise
I'd see through it and say come in from the rain girl the rain girl

CHORUS
Talkin bout a woman she loves me like a dog loves a bone
Talkin about a woman who just can't let go
I need her as my lover like I need another hole in my head
I'm talkin about a woman I know Candy
She's so fine

But she's shaking on that back street line
A            F#m6    Dsus2         A*   A/G#   A7/G
Like a loose cannon ashamed to explode

A*	A/G#	A7/G	A(V)

CHORUS
ad-lib vocals
G	Dsus2	A
G	Dsus2	A
G                   Dsus2            A*   A/G#   A7/G
   When will I learn     to let you go

          A*   A/G#   A7/G
You're my Candy
A*             A/G#      A7/G          A(V)
You're my lost angel not long for this world


CHORDS:

E	022100
F#m6	2x120x
Dsus2	xx0200
D	xx0202
F#	2443xx
G	320003
A	x02200
A(V)	xx7605
A*	xxx909
A/G#	xxx809
A7/G	xxx709

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.