Hard Candy — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Hard Candy by Counting Crows (key of D).
Intro
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Verse 1
[D] On certain [G]Sundays in [D/F#]November when the [Em]weather bothers me[D]
I empty [G]drawers of other [D/F#]summers where my [Em]shadows used to be[D]
And she is [G]standing by the [D/F#]water as her [Em]smile begins to [D]curl
In this or [G]any other [D/F#]summer she is [Em7]something altogether different
[Em7]Never just an ordinary girl [riff]
Verse 2
[D] And in the [G]evenings on Long [D/F#]Island when the [Em]colours start to fade[D]
She wears a [G]silly yellow [D/F#]hat that someone [Em]gave her when she [D]stayed
I didn't [G]think that she [D/F#]returned it we left [Em]New York in a [D]whirl
Time [G]expands and then [D/F#]contracts when you are [Em7]spinning in the grips of
someone [Em7]who is not an ordinary [G]girl
Chorus 1
When you [A]sleep you find your [D]mother in the [G]night
But she [D]stays just out of [G]sight
So there [D]isn't any [F#m]sweetness in the [A]dreaming
[G] And when you [A]wake the morning [D]covers you with [G]light
And it [D]makes you feel [G]alright
D F#m A Dsus2 (to riff)
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
Verse 3
[D] You send your [G]lover off to [D/F#]China then you [Em]wait for her to [D]call
You put your [G]girl up on a [D/F#]pedestal then you [Em]wait for her to [D]fall
I put my [G]summer's back in a [D/F#]letter and I [Em]hide it from the [D]world
All the [G]regrets you can't [D/F#]forget are somehow [Em7]pressed upon a picture
In the [Em7]face of such an ordinary [G]girl
Chorus 2
And when you [A]sleep you find your [D]mother in the [G]night
But she [D]stays just out of [G]sight
So there [D]isn't any [F#m]sweetness in the [A]dreaming
[G] And when you [A]wake the morning [D]showers you with [G]light
And it [D]makes you feel [G]alright
But it's [D]just the same hard [G]candy you're [A]remembering [D]again
Again,[G] again,[Em7] again[A]
It's [D]just the same hard [G]candy you're [A]remembering [D]again
Again,[G] again,[E] [A]again
And it's [D]just the same hard [G]candy you're [A]remembering again
Outro riff:
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Outro: (with riff)
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Don't ask me to come around then wait to see if there's a spark
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Don't ask me to come around then wait to see if there's a spark
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark
(D) (D/C#) (C) (G)
Don't ask me to come around then wait to see if there's a spark
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