Black Candy Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays498

Black Candy by Waxahatchee is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Am, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
Speed
  			From Nervous Energies session 

 
srt fret  

Hammer it by lifting up index from first string. 

C              Am 
Short breaths, our living death 
G               F 
You take me for a ride. 
C            Am 
Mouth shut, all blood and guts 
G             F 
And social suicide. 
C              Am              G 
Why don't you go, pretense in tow? 
F 
We'll be alright. 
C          Am 
Eyes wide, good looks preside, 
G                F  (hammer) 
You take me for a ride. 
F           G 
We ascend, hand in hand. 
C                Am 
I toss and turn, you understand. 
F           G 
We learn to synchronize, 
C                  Am 
Tirade provoke and inside jokes 
F               G 
Ascend, you just go. 

C Am G F x2 

C              Am 
Moonlight pours in tonight 
G              F 
And you are infinite. 
C               Am 
We squeeze out dark disease, 
G              F 
Ex-boyfriend jealousy, 
C                Am 
And then you take off. 
G 
Your name aloft, 
F 
We'll be alright. 
C            Am 
Fair-weather friends forever 
G               F (hammer) 
and I just wait in line. 
F           G 
We ascend, hand in hand. 
C               Am 
I toss and turn, you understand. 
F           G 
We learn to synchronize, 
C                  Am 
tirade provoke and inside jokes 
F                 G 
And then you just go. 

C               Am 
Skinned knees, Christmas Eve, 
G              F 
It meant everything. 
C             Am 
Train tracks, we sit back, 
G         F 
Watch it atrophy. 
C              Am 
Skinned knees, Christmas Eve, 
G           F 
It meant everything. 
C              Am 
Train tracks, we sit back, 
G         F 
Watch it atrophy. 
    	

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