Change — Candlebox
Chords and lyrics for Change by Candlebox (key of D).
Verse 1
This is an absolutely awesome song. It looks really simple on paper,
but it sounds so GREAT! The whole thing is in drop-D, and there's
only a few chords that are reversed in different sections. The form
of the song is really interesting: it's A-B-A, but the A section is
a verse-chorus, and the B section has a series of new verses with
a big solo that crashes back into the A section in one of my favorite
crescendoes ever. Then the A section does one more verse and chorus
and then fades out with the chorus.
Verse
The intro/verse uses just C and the "moveable C" that you use in "Man
on the Moon" by REM. For the last unit, you just change to a Cadd9.
Or you can call it a Csus2, or a Cadd2, or whatever, no none cares.
If anyone cares, that's probably because you're doing music theory
homework, in which case you'd call it a ninth chord.
Dsus4 (D11) C Major D11 C9
[D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] [D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] [D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] [D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
0 5 4 0 X X X 3 2 0 1 X 0 5 4 0 5 X X 3 2 0 3 0
The picking goes like this:
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Chorus
For the chorus ("Written down..."), it's this: and end with this:
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Then one guitar transitions with this figure (clean):
While the rhythm guitar (heavy) plays this to pick
it back up for the new section:
And then you go on to the B section, which starts with an awesome riff.
You can also play it this way:
I don't think the cops will catch you no matter which one you use.
I just like the brighter sound of the first one better myself.
For the "Keep on time" section (B section verse), play this with palm
muting on the A string and a nice open growl on the fifths:
I'm sorry that I can't give you the solo, but I can tell you that it
goes over the main B section riff. After the solo spirals upward and
everybody swings into that big, kick-ass crescendo, the rhythm guitar
plays these chords:
After that, it's back to the A section (verse-chorus) for a fade.
In real life, you have to find a way to end it, and I haven't quite.
Let me know if you get any good ideas!
Have fun with this song, it's one of my favorites.
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