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So Like Candy - Elvis Costello
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Elvis Costello
So Like Candy (1991)
(Paul McCartney/Declan MacManus)
From: "Mighty like a rose"
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CHORDS (capo 2nd fret)
E-A-D-G-B-E
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-0
Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
B7 x-2-4-2-4-2
F7 1-3-1-2-1-1
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
B7/F# 2-2-4-2-4-2
Am5+ x-0-3-2-1-1
Am6 x-0-2-2-1-2
Am7 x-0-2-2-1-3
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capo 2nd fret
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
Here lies the powder and perfume
Am/G B7 F7 E7
The pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room
Dm7
And it's so like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
Here lies the lipstick and the face
Am/G B7 F7 E7
The coloured tablets keep it all in place
Dm7
And it's so like Candy
Gsus4 G
So like Candy
CHORUS
C E
What did I do to make her go
Am Am/G
Why must she be the one
F
That I have to love
Fm [break] C
So ... like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
Here lies a picture of a girl
Am/G B7 F7 E7
Her arms are tight around that lucky guy
Dm7
And it's so like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
And in her eyes a certain look
Am/G B7 F7 E7
I thought I'd seen the last of long a - go
Dm7
And it's so like Candy
Gsus4 G
So like Candy
CHORUS
C E
What did I do to make her go
Am Am/G
Why must she be the one
F
That I have to love
Fm [break]
So ...
MIDDLE 8
Fm G#
I remember the day that picture was taken
G# C
We were so happy then
G C
But that's so like Candy
Fm G#
She seemed so sweet to me, I was mistaken
G# C
Oh no not that again
G C
But that's so like Candy
G C
She just can't face the day
G [Am]
So she turns and melts away
INTERLUDE
| Am | Am/G | B7/F# F7 |
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
Here lie the records that she scratched
Am/G B7 F7 E7
And on the sleeve I find a note attached
Dm7
And it's so like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
"My Darling Dear it's such a waste"
Am5+ Am6 Am7
She couldn't say "Goodye", but "I admire your taste"
Dm7
And it's so like Candy
Dm7
So like Candy
CODA
Am Dm7
So like Candy
Am Dm7
So like Candy
Am Dm7
So like Candy
Am
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dm7/A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
| Am | Am5+ | Am6 | Am7 |
| Am | Am5+ | Am6 | Am7 |
(repeat and fade)
