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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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This song is really fun and easy to play. Its the same progression until the bridge and 
the outro. I have the basic chords for the outro. I think he uses some piano inversions possibly.
Also In the verses i noticed that on the piano he will add a note to lead to the next chord. 
it sounds like the 4 or possibly the 2 of that specific chord scale.
here it is. enjoy and have fun :)
Tuning: Standard
Chords Used :    E     A     B     Bm     C#mor C#m7  
e|-------0-----0-----2----2-------4---4-------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----2-----4----3-------5---5-------------------------------------|
G|-------1-----2-----4----4-------6---4-------------------------------------|
D|-------2-----2-----4----4-------6---6-------------------------------------|
A|-------2-----0-----2----2-------4---4-------------------------------------|
E|-------0------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro :    E  B/  E    A/E  B/  E(if using guitar you can just play the chords without the E underneath)
ERemember the daBy you came to mC#me and said you fouAnd the truth?A  A  
And I turned away and told you should take another look?
EYou said you'd Bsee what's gC#moing oAn
I know you trust but something's wrong
We hEave our Blives to beC#mar
Our bags Ato burden
But we just buy and we wear
The plastic version of
Love, hope, understanding
But we can't survive on candy
Red carpet ride
Can take your mind
Away from anything
And I wanna die
At every mention of "celebrity"
Like "who's doing who"
Just how and where
Long as it's not you
I just don't care
We have our lives to bear
Our bags to burden
But we just buy and we wear
The plastic version of
Love, hope, understanding
But we can't survive on candy
C#mRunning far awAay from all your seErious conceBrns
I know you've learned to you use your fairytales
To get you through the hurt
Who's falling? We're falling
And there's just no climbing back
So I'm slowin', I'm stallin'
While I'm under full attack
We have our lives to bear
Our bags to burden
But we just buy and we wear
The plastic version of
Love, hope and understanding
But we can't survive on candy
On candy
On candy
On candy
We can't survive, can't survive on candy
Outro :    E     B     Bm  A  

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Candy

by Gavin DeGraw

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

C#m7

A/E

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This song is really fun and easy to play. Its the same progression until the bridge and

the outro. I have the basic chords for the outro. I think he uses some piano inversions possibly.

Also In the verses i noticed that on the piano he will add a note to lead to the next chord.

it sounds like the 4 or possibly the 2 of that specific chord scale.

here it is. enjoy and have fun :)

Tuning: Standard

E A B Bm C#m C#m7

Chords Used : or

e|-------0-----0-----2----2-------4---4-------------------------------------|

B|-------0-----2-----4----3-------5---5-------------------------------------|

G|-------1-----2-----4----4-------6---4-------------------------------------|

D|-------2-----2-----4----4-------6---6-------------------------------------|

A|-------2-----0-----2----2-------4---4-------------------------------------|

E|-------0------------------------------------------------------------------|

E B E A/E B E

Intro : / / (if using guitar you can just play the chords without the E underneath)

E B C#m A A A

Remember the day you came to me and said you found the truth?

And I turned away and told you should take another look?

E B C#m A

You said you'd see what's going on

I know you trust but something's wrong

E B C#m

We have our lives to bear

Our bags to burden

But we just buy and we wear

The plastic version of

Love, hope, understanding

But we can't survive on candy

Red carpet ride

Can take your mind

Away from anything

And I wanna die

At every mention of "celebrity"

Like "who's doing who"

Just how and where

Long as it's not you

I just don't care

We have our lives to bear

Our bags to burden

But we just buy and we wear

The plastic version of

Love, hope, understanding

But we can't survive on candy

C#m A E B

Running far away from all your serious concerns

I know you've learned to you use your fairytales

To get you through the hurt

Who's falling? We're falling

And there's just no climbing back

So I'm slowin', I'm stallin'

While I'm under full attack

We have our lives to bear

Our bags to burden

But we just buy and we wear

The plastic version of

Love, hope and understanding

But we can't survive on candy

On candy

We can't survive, can't survive on candy

E B Bm A

Outro :

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