The Candyman Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays507

The Candyman by Sammy Davis Jr. is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			E 
Who can make a sun rise 
 B 
Sprinkle it with doo 
 A                           E 
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two 
     A 
The Candyman 
     E 
The Candyman can 
E 
Who can take a rainbow 
B 
Wrap it in a sigh 
 A                              E 
Soak it in the sun and make a strawberry-lemo pie 
  
A                   E 
The candy man makes everything he bakes ) 
C#m              E                     ( 
Satisfying and delicious                )  
A                                 E    (   (CORO) 
Now you talk about good childhood wishes) 
A                    B                 ( 
You can even eat the dishes             ) 
 
(CORO) 
 
 
E                                
Who can take tomorrow 
B 
Dip it in a dream 
A                          B 
Separate the sower and collect up all the cream 
A 
The Candyman 
 E 
The Candyman can 
B                             A                             
The Candy man can because he mixes it with love and makes the 
 E 
World taste good 
B                             A                             
The Candy man can because he mixes it with love and makes the 
 E 
World taste good 
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante