So Like Candy
Elvis Costello
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- So Like Candy - Elvis Costello --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paul McCartney/Declan MacManus From: "Mighty like a rose" (1991) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 2nd fret Play: Am Sounds: Bm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS 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 / 2-2-4-2-4-2 Am6 x-0-2-2-1-2 Am7 x-0-2-2-1-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1] [break] E7sus4 Am Here lies the powder and perfume The pretty clothes are scattered ’round the room And it’s so like Candy [Verse 2] [break] E7sus4 Am Here lies the lipstick and the face The coloured tablets keep it all in place And it’s so like Candy Gsus4 G So like Candy [Chorus] What did I do to make her go Why must she be the one That I have to love Fm [break] C So ... like Candy [Verse 3] [break] E7sus4 Am Here lies a picture of a girl Her arms are tight around that lucky guy And it’s so like Candy [Verse 4] [break] E7sus4 Am And in her eyes a certain look I thought I’d seen the last of long a - go And it’s so like Candy Gsus4 G So like Candy [Chorus] What did I do to make her go Why must she be the one That I have to love So ... [break] [Middle 8] I remember the day that picture was taken We were so happy then But that’s so like Candy She seemed so sweet to me I was mistaken Oh no not that again But that’s so like Candy [break] She just can’t face the day So she turns and melts away [Interlude] | | / | / | [Verse 5] [break] E7sus4 Am Here lie the records that she scratched And on the sleeve I find a note attached And it’s so like Candy [Verse 6] [break] E7sus4 Am "My Darling Dear it’s such a waste" She couldn’t say "Goodye" but "I admire your taste" And it’s so like Candy So like Candy [Outro] So like Candy So like Candy So like Candy Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh | | / | | | | | / | | | (repeat and fade)