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Counting Crows - Hard Candy

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Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Music and lyrics by The Counting Crows
Standard tuning
Capo 2nd fret
Transcribed by Efreet (mailto: catcherintherye@katamail.com)

Chords (capo 2nd fret):
    Dsus2    Dsus2/G   Dsus2/F#  Dsus2/E  
F#----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|
C#----3----|----3----|----3----|----3----|
A ----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|
E ----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|
B ----x----|----x----|----x----|----x----|
F#----x----|----3----|----2----|----0----|

Intro/Riff:
     Dsus2      Dsus2/G   Dsus2/F#  Dsus2/E
F#-|-----0----------0--------0------------------|
C#-|------3-3--------3-3-------3-3-------3-2-3--|
A -|---2----------2---------2----------2--------|
E -|-0-----0----------0---------0---------------|
B -|--------------------------------------------|
F#-|------------3---------2----------0----------|

(verse)
Dsus2         Dsus2/G      Dsus2/F#      Dsus2/E          Dsus2
   On certain Sundays in november when the weather bothers me
Dsus2       Dsus2/G         Dsus2/F#        Dsus2/E         Dsus2
   I empty drawers of other summers where my shadows used to be
And she is standing by the water as her smile begins to curl
                                   Em
In this or any other summer she is something altogether different
Em                     Dsus2 (riff)
Never just an ordinary girl

(verse)
And in the evenings on Long Island when the colours start to fade
She wears a silly yellow hat that someone gave her when she stayed
I didn't think that she returned it we left New York in a whirl
                                             Em
Time expands and then contracts when you are spinning in the grips of
                               G
someone who is not an ordinary girl

          A                  D                G
When you sleep you find your mother in the night
        D                 G
But she stays just out of sight
         D         F#m               A
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
G              A                D               G
 And when you wake the morning covers you with light
        D               G
And it makes you feel alright
         D                  F#m             A           Dsus2 (riff)
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

Verse 3:
You send your lover off to China then you wait for her to call 
You put your girl up on a pedestal then you wait for her to fall 
I put my summer's back in a letter and I hide it from the world 
All the regrets you can't forget are somehow pressed upon a picture 
In the face of such an ordinary girl 

              A                  D                G
And when you sleep you find your mother in the night
        D                 G
But she stays just out of sight
         D         F#m               A
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
G              A                 D               G
 And when you wake the morning showers you with light
        D               G
And it makes you feel alright
         D                  F#m             A           D
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
      G      Em    A
Again, again,  again
     D                   G              A          D
It's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
      G      Em    A
Again, again,  again
         D                   G              A         
And it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

Outro riff:
F#-|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-
C#-|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|-
A -|---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-|-
E -|-0---------------------------------------------|-
B -|-------------4-----------3---------------------|-
F#-|-------------------------------------3---------|-
    (D)         (C#)        (C)         (G)

Outro: (with riff)
D             C#                C            G
  Go ask her    to come around   and see me late after dark
  Don't ask me  to come around   then wait to see if there's a spark
  Go ask her    to come around   and see me late after dark
  Don't ask me  to come around   and make me wait to see the spark
  Go ask her    to come around   late and see me after dark
  Don't ask me  to come around   and wait to see if there is a spark...
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