{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1878155,"song":"Candidate","artist":"David Bowie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1878155-candidate-chords-by-david-bowie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1878155?type=chord","rating":4.89405,"votes":4,"content":"This is the demo version of the Candidate song, released on the 1990 sound and vision edition of the \r\nDiamond Dogs album, as bonus a track, track #6 of the B side. Wonderful song with wonderful lyrics by the \r\nwonderful Bowie!\r\n\r\nCANDIDATE (DEMO) - David Bowie\r\nAlbum: Diamond Dogs (1974)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  x3\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Inside every young pair of paints there's a mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Inside every mother's eyes   is Tommy Tinkrem's bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Inside every candidate   waits a grateful dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I make it a thing, when I on my own to relief myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing because inside this tin is tin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Would you like techno plate   'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It's a matter of life and the way you walk, you've got a Brylcream queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It' a matter of fact in the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n A matter of fact that a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n So I'll pretend I'm walking home [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro] x4\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n You don't have to paint my contact black   now I've hustled a pair of jeans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Do I have to give your money back   when I'm the Fuhrerling[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'll make you a deal I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'll make you a deal you can get your kicks on the candidate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I'll make you a deal for your future's sake I'm the candidate[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Let's pretend we're walking home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]...... repeat until fade\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  \r\ne|--2----0---0---2----2----3--|\r\nB|--3----0---2---2----2----3--|\r\nG|--4----1---2---2----3----0--|\r\nD|--4----2---2---4----4----0--|\r\nA|--2----2---0---4----4----2--|\r\nE|-------0-------2----2----3--|[/tab]","plain_text":"This is the demo version of the Candidate song, released on the 1990 sound and vision edition of the \nDiamond Dogs album, as bonus a track, track #6 of the B side. Wonderful song with wonderful lyrics by the \nwonderful Bowie!\n\nCANDIDATE (DEMO) - David Bowie\nAlbum: Diamond Dogs (1974)\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nBm  E  A  x3\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro] x2\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro] x4\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]...... repeat until fade\n\n\n[Chords]","chords":["B","Bm","E","A","F#m","F#","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}