Candy's Boy Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays492

Candy's Boy by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, C#m, G#m, Am and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: E A E E A E 

  
  E                        A                       E 
In Candy's room their are pictures of her savior on the wall 
              E                           A                    E 
But to get to Candy's room, you've got to walk the darkness of Candy's hall 
C#m                             G#m                     A                 Am 
Strangers from the city call my baby's number, and they bring Candy toys 
                E                                B 
But when I come knockin', she smiles pretty, she knows tonight I'm gonna be  
E 
Candy's boy 

            E                      A                          E 
Well in the olden days when the Mongolian gangs rode herd out on route nine 
        E                    A                 E 
We'd go ridin' in the rain, runnin' south, way down through the pines 
 C#m                        G#m                     A          Am 
Weekends in the sun in that cheap motel down by the Dynamo 
                E                                                   B 
We loved each other till their was nothing left, and drove that old car as  
                  E 
hard and fast as she would go 

             C#m              G#m             A             Am 
Well like a cold winter wind blowin'in babe I needed you 
    E                        B                     E 
But Candy's got a man who takes care of her better than I do 

             E                         A                     E 
Well there's machine and there's fire, waitin' for us on the edge of town 
                 E                                A 
And there's some rough boys for hire, and they're waitin' to blow me and  
E           C#m                 G#m                 A 
Candy down it's all right cause they can't touch us now they'll never  
           Am 
destroy  
  E                B                 E                    A 
My sweet love, for I will forever be Candy's boy..hmm hmm hmmhmm hmm hmm  
E              B                 E 
my sweet love, I will forever be Candy's boy 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante