This is the demo version of the Candidate song, released on the 1990 sound and vision edition of the
Diamond Dogs album, as bonus track, track #6 of the B side. Wonderful song with wonderful lyrics by the
wonderful Bowie!
CANDIDATE (DEMO) - David Bowie
Album: Diamond Dogs (1974)
[Intro]
(Bm E A) 3x
[Verse]
F#m E
Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain
F#m E
Inside every young pair of paints there's a mountain
Bm E A F#m
Inside every mother's eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed
Bm E A F#m
Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead
[Chorus]
Bm F# G
I make it a thing, when I on my own to relief myself
Bm F# G
I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself
Bm F# E
I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself
G E Bm
Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home
[Intro] 2x
[Verse]
F#m E
I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room
F#m E
Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon
Bm E A F#m
Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing because inside this tin is tin
Bm E A F#m E
Would you like techno plate 'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah
[Chorus]
Bm F# G
It's a matter of life and the way you walk, you've got a Brylcream queen
Bm F# G
It' a matter of fact in the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean
Bm F# E
A matter of fact that a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen
G E Bm
So I'll pretend I'm walking home
[Outro]
[Intro] 4x
[Verse]
F#m E
You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune
F#m E
You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons
Bm E A F#m
You don't have to paint my contact black now I've hustled a pair of jeans
Bm E A F#m E
Do I have to give your money back when I'm the Fuhrerling
[Chorus]
Bm F# G
I'll make you a deal I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped
Bm F# G
I'll make you a deal you can get your kicks on the candidate
Bm F# E
I'll make you a deal for your future's sake I'm the candidate
G E Bm
Let's pretend we're walking home
[Intro]...... repeat until fade
[Chords]
Bm E A F#m F# G
e|--2----0---0---2----2----3--|
B|--3----0---2---2----2----3--|
G|--4----1---2---2----3----0--|
D|--4----2---2---4----4----0--|
A|--2----2---0---4----4----2--|
E|-------0-------2----2----3--|
