Elvis Costello - So like candy
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Tuning: G C E A
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So Like Candy - Elvis Costello
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Written by: Paul McCartney/Declan MacManus
From: "Mighty like a rose" (1991)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
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[Special Chords]
g-C-E-A
F#7sus4 4-4-2-4
Bm7 2-2-2-2
C#7 1-1-1-2
F#7 3-4-2-1
Em7 0-2-0-2
G 4-2-3-2 actually Bm(aug)
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VERSE
[break]
F#7sus4 Here lies the powder and perBmfume
Bm7 The pretty clothes are scattered 'C#7round G7the F#7room
And it's Em7so like Candy
VERSE
[break]
F#7sus4 Here lies the lipstick and the Bmface
Bm7 The coloured tablets keep it C#7all G7in pF#7lace
And it's Em7so like Candy
So like Asus4Candy A
CHORUS
DWhat did I do F#to make her go
BmWhy must she Bm7be the one
GThat I have to love
[break]
GmSo ... like DCandy
VERSE
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F#7sus4 Here lies a picture of a Bmgirl
Bm7 Her arms are tight around that C#7lu-cG7ky F#7guy
And it's Em7so like Candy
VERSE
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F#7sus4 And in her eyes a certain Bmlook
Bm7 I thought I'd seen the last of C#7long G7a - F#7go
And it's Em7so like Candy
So like Asus4Candy A
CHORUS
DWhat did I do F#to make her go
BmWhy must she Bm7be the one
GThat I have to love
Fm [break]
So ...
MIDDLE 8
G m Bb
I remember the day that picture was taken
BbWe were so Dhappy then
ABut that's so like DCandy
G m Bb
She seemed so sweet to me, I was mistaken
BbOh no not Dthat again
ABut that's so like DCandy
[break]
She just can't Aface Dthe Dday
A [ Bm ]
So she turns and melts away
INTERLUDE
| Bm | Bm7 | C#7 G7 |
VERSE
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F#7sus4 Here lie the records that she Bmscratched
Bm7 And on the sleeve I find a C#7note G7attaF#7ched
And it's Em7so like Candy
VERSE
[break]
F#7sus4 "My Darling Dear it's such a Bmwaste"
G She couldn't say "Goodye", but "Bm6I admire your Bm7taste"
And it's Em7so like Candy
Em7So like Candy
CODA
BmSo like Em7Candy
BmSo like Em7Candy
BmSo like Em7Candy
Oh oh oh Bmoh oh oh
Oh oh oh Em7oh oh oh
| Bm | G | Bm6 | Bm7 |
| Bm | G | Bm6 | Bm7 |
(repeat and fade)