Candidate

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This is the demo version of the Candidate song, released on the 1990 sound and vision edition of the
Diamond Dogs album, as bonus a track, track #6 of the B side. Wonderful song with wonderful lyrics by the
wonderful Bowie!
CANDIDATE (DEMO) - David Bowie
Album: Diamond Dogs (1974)
[Intro]
BmE A
x3
[Verse]
F#m E
Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain
F#m E
Inside every young pair of paints there's a mountain
Bm E A F#m
Inside every mother's eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed
Bm E A F#m
Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead
[Chorus]
Bm F# G
I make it a thing, when I on my own to relief myself
Bm F# G
I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself
Bm F# E
I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself
G E Bm
Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home
[Intro] x2
[Verse]
F#m E
I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room
F#m E
Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon
Bm E A F#m
Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing because inside this tin is tin
Bm E A F#m E
Would you like techno plate 'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah
[Chorus]
Bm F# G
It's a matter of life and the way you walk, you've got a Brylcream queen
Bm F# G
It' a matter of fact in the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean
Bm F# E
A matter of fact that a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen
G E Bm
So I'll pretend I'm walking home
[Intro] x4
[Verse]
F#m E
You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune
F#m E
You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons
Bm E A F#m
You don't have to paint my contact black now I've hustled a pair of jeans
Bm E A F#m E
Do I have to give your money back when I'm the Fuhrerling
[Chorus]
Bm F# G
I'll make you a deal I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped
Bm F# G
I'll make you a deal you can get your kicks on the candidate
Bm F# E
I'll make you a deal for your future's sake I'm the candidate
G E Bm
Let's pretend we're walking home
[Intro]...... repeat until fade
[Chords]
Bm E A F#m F# G
e|--2----0---0---2----2----3--|
B|--3----0---2---2----2----3--|
G|--4----1---2---2----3----0--|
D|--4----2---2---4----4----0--|
A|--2----2---0---4----4----2--|
E|-------0-------2----2----3--|

Candidate chords and lyrics

Free chords for Candidate by David Bowie. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

This is the demo version of the Candidate song, released on the 1990 sound and vision edition of the 
Diamond Dogs album, as bonus a track, track #6 of the B side. Wonderful song with wonderful lyrics by the 
wonderful Bowie!
CANDIDATE (DEMO) - David Bowie
Album: Diamond Dogs (1974)
[Intro]
Bm  E  A  x3
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Intro] x2
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Intro] x4
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Intro]...... repeat until fade
[Chords]

Candidate Chords by David Bowie

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