Elvis Costello - So like candy
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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 The pretty clothes are scattered 'B7round F7the E7room
And it's Dm7so like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
Here lies the lipstick and the face
Am/G The coloured tablets keep it B7all F7in E7place
And it's Dm7so like Candy
So like Gsus4Candy G
CHORUS
CWhat did I do Eto make her go
AmWhy must she Am/Gbe the one
FThat I have to love
Fm [break] C
So ... like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
Here lies a picture of a girl
Am/G Her arms are tight around that B7lucF7ky E7guy
And it's Dm7so like Candy
VERSE
E7sus4 [break] Am
And in her eyes a certain look
Am/G I thought I'd seen the last of B7long F7a - E7go
And it's Dm7so like Candy
So like Gsus4Candy G
CHORUS
CWhat did I do Eto make her go
AmWhy must she Am/Gbe the one
FThat I have to love
Fm [break]
So ...
MIDDLE 8
I reFmmember the day that G#picture was taken
G#We were so Chappy then
GBut that's so like CCandy
FmShe seemed so sweet to me, G#I was mistaken
G#Oh no not Cthat again
GBut that's so like CCandy
She just can't Gface the Cday
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 And on the sleeve I find a B7note F7attE7ached
And it's Dm7so 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"
And it's Dm7so like Candy
Dm7So like Candy
CODA
AmSo like Dm7Candy
AmSo like Dm7Candy
AmSo like Dm7Candy
Oh oh oh Amoh oh oh
Oh oh oh Dm7/Aoh oh oh
| Am | Am5+ | Am6 | Am7 |
| Am | Am5+ | Am6 | Am7 |
(repeat and fade)