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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 01:25:51 -0800
Subject: m/marcy_playground/sex_and_candy.crd
From: [email protected] (Andrew P Thwing)
This transcription was partly based on the work of Matt Koenig
([email protected]) and Mary Doucette ([email protected])
MARCY PLAYGROUND – Sex and Candy
transcribed by Andrew Thwing – [email protected]
They performed this on Letterman 3/25/98 with chords in plain view so
take my word on this one.
B – x244xx G – 355xxx F# – 244xxx
D – x0023x A – x022xx
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B G F#
Hangin’ round downtown by myself
B G F#
and I had so much time to sit and think about myself
B
and then there she was
G F#
like double cherry pie
B
yeah there she was
G F#
like disco super-fly
—–riff—– B G A
CHORUS: I smell sex and candy here
B G A
Who’s that loungin’ in my chair?
B G A
Who’s that casting devious stares in my direction?
D A
Mama this surely is a dream
B G D – A – B – G – F#
Yeah mama this surely is a dream
Hanging round downtown by myself
and I’ve had too much caffeine and I was thinkin bout myself
and then there she was
in platform double suede
yeah there she was
like disco lemonade
CHORUS (2x)
THE RIFF: (h=hammer on, p=pull off)
e|————————————|
B|————————————|
G|–2-h4–2——————-4——-|
D|————-2-h4–2–p0—-4——-|
A|—————————-2——-|
E|————————————|
