Candyman

                                               

1  Come on all you pretty women, with your hair a hanging down,

Open up your windows ‘cause the Candyman's in town.

Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing bones,

Seven come eleven, boys I'll take your money home.

 

Look out, look out the Candyman,

Here he comes and he's gone again.

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,

the Candyman comes around again.

 

2  I come in from Memphis where I learned to talk the jive,

When I get back to Memphis be one less man alive.

Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well,

If I had me a shotgun I'd blow you straight to hell.

Look out, look out the Candyman, Here he comes and he's gone again.

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till, The Candyman comes around again.

 

Lead over verse  

 

Vocal Oohs          over chorus

 

3  Come on boys and wager if you have got the mind,

If you've got a dollar boys, lay it on the line,

Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey round,

Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in town.

Look out, look out the Candyman, Here he comes and he's gone again.

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till, The Candyman comes around again.

 

End                     

Look out, look out the Candyman, Here he comes and he's gone again.

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till, The Candyman comes around again.

Candyman                                                  72bpm

                                               

||   Bb / F /  | C / / /   :||  G  /  /  /  |     %     |

|-----6-6-----5-5---------------|----|-4th-----|---------------------------|

|---------------------5---5-3---|----|-----5\4-|-3-------------------------|

|-6/7-----4/5-----------------5-|-x4-|---------|---------------------------|

|-----------------4/5---5-------|----|-----5\4-|-3-------------------------|

|-------------------------------|----|---------|---------------------0-0-2-|

|-------------------------------|----|---------|---3-3-3--1-2-3--3-3-------|

 

or the Dead Set Version:

|----------|-Bb-----------------------|----------8-----------|

|----------|-11-11--------10-10-------|--------8-------------|

|----------|----------------------8h9-|----8h9---------------|

|-10-11/12-|---------8/10-------------|-10----------10-11/12-|

|----------|--------------------------|----------------------|

|----------|--10/1980------F----------|-C--------------------|

 

|-------------------13-13---15p14p13-|-12--12-13-14-14b15----------|

|-11-11------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-------12-13-13/14------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------------|--------------------10-11/12-|

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

 

|------------------------|------------12-------------|

|-11-11------10-10-------|---------------13----------|

|--------------------8h9-|----------12---------------|

|-------8/10-------------|-10-12/14---------10-11/12-|

|------------------------|---------------------------|

|------------------------|---------------------------|

 

|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-11-11------10-10----------5-6p5-----5-8--|-----------------------------|

|--------------------8h9----------7-5------|---4---5-4-5-7-6-5-4---------|

|-------8/10-------------10----------------|-5---5-----------------------|

|------------------------------------------|-----------------------0-0-2-|

|------------------------------------------|---------------------3-------|

 

| C /// |  %  |Gm ///|F ///|  %   |  %   |  %   |G ///|   %   |

1  Come all you pretty women,

with your hair a hanging down,

 

|-F------|

|--------|

|--------|

|-----3--|

|--------|

|-3/5----|

Open up your windows

‘cause the Candyman's in town.

 

|-----G--|

|--------|

|--------|

|-----5--|

|--------|

|-5/7----|

 

                                Dm

Come on boys and gamble,

 

|-Dm----|

|-------|

|-------|

|-------|

|-3/5---|

|-------|

 

G                             Dm

roll those laughing bones,

|F ///|  %   |  %   |  %   |G ///|   %  |

Seven come eleven, boys

I'll take your money home.

 

|-3/26/73----------------------------|

|------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|

|---5------5-7p5-------5h7p5-------5-|

|-5------5-------7p5h7-------7p5h7---|

|------------------------------------|or

 

|---------|

|---------|

|---------|

|---0-2-3-|

|-3-------|

|-------B-|

Chorus

||   Bb / F / | C ///  :||    

 

 

Look out, look out the Candyman,

|---------|

|---------|

|---------|

|---0-2-3-|

|-3-------|

|-------B-|

 

Here he comes and he's gone again.

 

|-C---------------|

|-----------------|

|-----0-----0-----|

|---2-----0-------|

|-3-----2-----0---|

|-------------Am7-|

 

Am7 ///|G ///|F ///|G /// |   %   |   % 3  |

 

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,

the Candyman comes around again.

 

|-4-1-2-3-|

|---------|

|---------|

|---------|

|---0-2-3-|

|-3-----C-|

 

2  I come in from Memphis where I learned to talk the jive,

When I get back to Memphis be one less man alive.

Good morning Mr. Benson,

 

|-Dm----------------------|

|---6p5-------------------|

|-------7-7p5-----5-------|

|-------------7-7---7p6p5-|

|-------------------------|

|-3/26/73---------------G-|

 

 

I see you're doing well,

If I had me a shotgun

I'd blow you straight to hell.

 

|-3/26/73------------------------------|

|--------------------------8-----------|

|--------------------------------------|

|-hell-5-----5h7-----5-7/9---9\7p5h7-5-|

|--------5/7-----5h7-------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

 

Chorus

 

Lead over verse        

“I believe the Candyman effect is sped-up Phase with some Delay.”  Tigerstrat

| C  /// |  %  |Gm ///|F /// |  %   |  %   |  %   |G ///|   %  |

 

|-F-----------------------------------15-12h13-15/17-17-17-|

|-----------------11-9h10-12/15-12h13----------------------|

|---------12-9h10------------------------------------------|

|-12-9h10--------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|-DS-------------------------------------------------------|

 

|Dm ///|G ///|Dm /// |G ///|F  /// |  %   |  %   |  %  |G  /// |  %  |

 

Vocal Oohs     over chorus

||   Bb / F /  | C ///  :||   Am  / / /| G / / / |F / / /|G / / / |   %   |   %   |

Oooh,Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Ohhh,  Ohh, Ooooh, Ooooh

Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh,  Ohhh, Oh, Ooh, Oooooooooh

 

3  Come on boys and wager, if you have got the mind.

If you've got a dollar boys, lay it on the line.

Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey round,

Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in town.

 

Chorus

 

 

                                   

 

|F  /  C / |

|-------------|

|-1-----------|

|---2---0-----|

|-----3---2---|

|-----------3-|

|-F-----C-----|

Chorus