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Hard Candy Counting Crows tab nicked from www.azchords.com as there wasn't a tab for it on here when I searched it it made me sad! =) its not grate so if some one wants to redo it that would be awesome! =) Standard tuning Capo 2nd fret Note: This can be played without a capo, but I prefer playing the intro with a capo. The chord shapes I use: (relative to capo) Dsus2 - xx0230 A - x02220 Dsus2/G - 3x0230 Em - 022000 Dsus2/F#- 2x0230 D - xx0232 Dsus2/E - 000230 F#m- 244222 G - 320033 Intro: Dsus2 Dsus2/G Dsus2/F# Dsus2/E F#-|------0---------0---------0--------------0-| C#-|--------3---------3---------3-------3-2--3-| A -|-----------------------------------------2-| E -|-0---------------------------------------0-| B -|-------------------------------------------| F#-|-----------3---------2---------0-----------| (D) (G) (F#) (E) For the verses, strum over the intro riff chords. Notes in brackets denote the bass note of each chord: Verse 1: (D) (G) (F#) (E) (D) On certain Sundays in November when the weather bothers me (G) (F#) (E) (D) I empty drawers of other summers where my shadows used to be (G) (F#) (E) (D) And she is standing by the water as her smile begins to curl (G) (F#) Em In this or any other summer she is something altogether different Em (D) (G) (F#) (E) Never just an ordinary girl [riff] Verse 2: (D) (G) (F#) (E) (D) And in the evenings on Long Island when the colours start to fade (G) (F#) (E) (D) She wears a silly yellow hat that someone gave her when she stayed (G) (F#) (E) (D) I didn't think that she returned it we left New York in a whirl (G) (F#) Em Time expands and then contracts when you are spinning in the grips of
someone Emwho is not an ordinary gGirl
Chorus 1:
When you sAleep you find your Dmother in the nigGht But she Dstays just out of Gsight So there Disn't any F#msweetness in the dAreaming G And when you wAake the morning cDovers you with lGight And it mDakes you feel alGright D F#m A Dsus2 (to riff) But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
(intro riff once) Verse 3: (D) (G) (F#) (E) (D) You send your lover off to China then you wait for her to call (G) (F#) (E) (D) You put your girl up on a pedestal then you wait for her to fall (G) (F#) (E) (D) I put my summer's back in a letter and I hide it from the world (G) (F#) Em All the regrets you can't forget are somehow pressed upon a picture
In the Emface of such an ordinary Ggirl
Chorus 2:
And when you sAleep you find your Dmother in the nigGht But she Dstays just out of Gsight So there Disn't any F#msweetness in the dAreaming G And when you wAake the morning shDowers you with lGight And it mDakes you feel alGright But it's Djust the same hard F#mcandy you're remAembering agaDin Again,G again,Em agaiAn It's Djust the same hard cGandy you're remAembering agDain Again,G again,Em agaiAn And it's Djust the same hard cGandy you're remAembering again
Outro riff: F#-|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0------| C#-|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----| A -|---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--| E -|-0----------------------------------------------| B -|-------------4-----------3----------------------| F#-|-------------------------------------3----------| (D) (C#) (C) (G) Outro: (with riff) (D) (C#) (C) (G) Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark (D) (C#) (C) (G) Don't ask me to come around then wait to see if there's a spark (D) (C#) (C) (G) Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark (D) (C#) (C) (G) Don't ask me to come around and make me wait to see the spark (D) (C#) (C) (G) Go ask her to come around late and see me after dark (D) (C#) (C) (G) Don't ask me to come around and wait to see if there is a spark tab nicked from www.azchords.com as there wasn't a tab for it on here when i searched it it mad me sad! its not grate so if some one wants to redo it that would be awesome! =) Tabbed by Neil (oxtoby@physics.uq.edu.au) on Thursday 11 July 2002. Updated 18 July 2002 (verse).