• Song:

    Candys Boy

  • Artist:

    Bruce Springsteen

 A great song off "The Promise." Some great chord changes,
the A to Am especially.

Intro: E A E E A E

E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)                     EIn (022100@1)Candy's room their are pictures of her savior on the wall
              E (022100@1)                         A (x02220@1)                  EBut (022100@1)to get to Candy's room, you've got to walk the darkness of Candy's hall
C#m (x13321@4)                           Abm (133111@4)                   A (x02220@1)               AmStrangers (x02210@1)from the city call my baby's number, and they bring Candy toys
                E (022100@1)                              B (x2444x@1)                        
But when I come knockin', she smiles pretty, she knows tonight I'm gonna be 
ECandy's (022100@1)boy

E (022100@1)                    A (x02220@1)                        EWell (022100@1)in the olden days when the Mongolian gangs rode herd out on route nine
        E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)               EWe'd (022100@1)go ridin' in the rain, runnin' south, way down through the pines
 C#m (x13321@4)                      Abm (133111@4)                   A (x02220@1)        AmWeekends (x02210@1)in the sun in that cheap motel down by the Dynamo
                E (022100@1)                                                 BWe (x2444x@1)loved each other till their was nothing left, and drove that old car as 
                  Ehard (022100@1)and fast as she would go

C#m (x13321@4)            Abm (133111@4)           A (x02220@1)           AmWell (x02210@1)like a cold winter wind blowin'in babe I needed you
    E (022100@1)                      B (x2444x@1)                   EBut (022100@1)Candy's got a man who takes care of her better than I do

E (022100@1)                       A (x02220@1)                   EWell (022100@1)there's machine and there's fire, waitin' for us on the edge of town
                 E (022100@1)                              A (x02220@1)                  
And there's some rough boys for hire, and they're waitin' to blow me and 
E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)               Abm (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)             
Candy down it's all right cause they can't touch us now they'll never 
           Amdestroy (x02210@1)
  E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)                  AMy (x02220@1)sweet love, for I will forever be Candy's boy..hmm hmm hmmhmm hmm hmm 
E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)               Emy (022100@1)sweet love, I will forever be Candy's boy

Repeat chords for a minute and a half(!) of organ solo and fade.



Note: The C#m's may or may not be C#m7. It sounds fine either way, but
whatever seems more accurate. It makes a clearer difference on the piano.
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