• Song:

    Hard Candy

  • Artist:

    Counting crows

  • Album:

    Hard Candy (Internation...

Afina??o Padr?o
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:
( D5 )          ( G5 )           ( F#5 )            ( E5 )            ( D5 )
   On certain Sundays in November when the weather bothers me
       ( G5 )               ( F#5 )            ( E5 )               ( D5 )
I empty drawers of other summers where my shadows used to be
            ( G5 )            ( F#5 )         ( E5 )              ( D5 )
And she is standing by the water as her smile begins to curl
           ( G5 )       ( F#5 )           E5
In this or any other summer she is something altogether different
E5                    ( D5 )     ( G5 )   ( F#5 )  ( E5 )
Never just an ordinary girl  [riff]

Verse 2:
( D5 )          ( G5 )              ( F#5 )            ( E5 )                ( D5 )
   And in the evenings on Long Island when the colours start to fade
           ( G5 )           ( F#5 )             ( E5 )                   ( D5 )
She wears a silly yellow hat that someone gave her when she stayed
        ( G5 )              ( F#5 )              ( E5 )              ( D5 )
I didn't think that she returned it we left New York in a whirl
      ( G5 )                 ( F#5 )               E5
Time expands and then contracts when you are spinning in the grips of 
        E5                      G5
someone who is not an ordinary girl

Chorus 1:
          A5                  D5                G5
When you sleep you find your mother in the night
        D5                 G5
But she stays just out of sight
         D5         F#5               A5
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
G5              A5                D5               G5
 And when you wake the morning covers you with light
        D5               G5
And it makes you feel alright
         D5                  F#5             A5           D5 (to riff)
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

(intro riff once)

Verse 3:
( D5 )               ( G5 )          ( F#5 )          ( E5 )              ( D5 )
   You send your lover off to China then you wait for her to call 
             ( G5 )            ( F#5 )            ( E5 )               ( D5 )
You put your girl up on a pedestal then you wait for her to fall 
         ( G5 )                ( F#5 )         ( E5 )                 ( D5 )
I put my summer's back in a letter and I hide it from the world 
           ( G5 )                ( F#5 )           E5
All the regrets you can't forget are somehow pressed upon a picture 
       E5                       G5
In the face of such an ordinary girl 

Chorus 2:
              A5                  D5                G5
And when you sleep you find your mother in the night
        D5                 G5
But she stays just out of sight
         D5         F#5               A5
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
G5              A5                 D5               G5
 And when you wake the morning showers you with light
        D5               G5
And it makes you feel alright
         D5                  F#5             A5           D5
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
      G5      E5    A5
Again, again,  again
     D5                   G5              A5          D5
It's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
      G5      E5    A5
Again, again,  again
         D5                   G5              A5         
And it's just the same hard candy you're remembering 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)
( D5 )          ( C#5 )              ( C5 )           ( G5 )
   Go ask her    to come around   and see me late after dark
( D5 )            ( C#5 )              ( C5 )            ( G5 )
   Don't ask me    to come around   then wait to see if there's a spark
( D5 )          ( C#5 )              ( C5 )           ( G5 )
   Go ask her    to come around   and see me late after dark
( D5 )            ( C#5 )              ( C5 )            ( G5 )
   Don't ask me    to come around   and make me wait to see the spark
( D5 )          ( C#5 )              ( C5 )         ( G5 )
   Go ask her    to come around   late and see me after dark
( D5 )            ( C#5 )              ( C5 )           ( G5 )
   Don't ask me    to come around   and wait to see if there is a spark
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