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American Candy by The Maine
American Candy
The song is basically built around 3 chords: Gm, Eb and Bb
(or Em, C and G, if you put a capo on 3rd fret). Also there's F (or D with capo on 3rd) in the bridge.
Capo on 3rd fret
Intro: Em C G
Verse 1:
Em C G
What will you do on the weekends
Em
When your best friends
C G
Become your dead friends?
Em
From all the sugar
C G
And all the sweetness
Em
This little sweet tooth
C G
It is your weakness
Chorus:
G Em
They've got american candy
C G
You're sweet and sated, so sedated
Em
For the american kids
C G
You're hooked and baited, annihilated
Em
Even if you wanted to
C G
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
Em
But this american candy
C Em C G
It'll rot your teeth
Verse 2:
Em C G
Try to think back to back to a time when
Em C G
You loved what you loved because you loved it
Em
Before the sugar
C G
And all the sweetness
Em
Filled up your lungs now
C G
It's all you breath in
Chorus:
G Em
They've got american candy
C G
You're sweet and sated, so sedated
Em
For the american kids
C G
You're hooked and baited, annihilated
Em
Even if you wanted to
C G
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
Em
But this american candy
C G
It'll rot your teeth, your teeth, your!
Bridge (C-G-Em-D all the way):
C G
Sometimes I feel as though I'm going mad when
Em D
I get a touch of saccharine on my lips
C G
I hate the taste on my tongue too damn sweet
Em D C G Em
I don't fancy american candy
D C G Em D
American candy
C (one stroke)
Chorus:
Em
They've got american candy
C G
You're sweet and sated, so sedated
Em
For the american kids
C G
You're hooked and baited, annihilated
Em
Even if you wanted to
C G
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
Em
But this american candy
C G
It'll rot your teeth
Until your gums the bleed
Coda (C-G-Em-D):
C G
I hate the taste on my tongue too damn sweet
Em D
I don't fancy american candy,
C G Em D
Oh, you're so-so-so sweet and sated, baby
C G
I hate the taste on my tongue too damn sweet
Em D
I don't fancy american candy
Finish on C
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version 2
Tuning: Standard w/ Capo on 1st Fret
Intro
*Keyboard transcribed for Guitar (also through the Verse)
e|----------------------------------|
B|-----2---2----2---2---2---2-------|
G|-----2---2----2---2---2---2-------|
D|------------0---0-----------------|
A|--------------------0---0---------|
E|---2---2--------------------------|
Verse
e|---2~----0~----0~----2~----0~----0~---|
B|---2~----3~----0~----2~----3~----0~---|
G|---2~----2~----2~----2~----2~----2~---|
D|---4~----0~----2~----4~----0~----2~---|
A|---4~----------0~----4~----------0~---|
E|---2~----------------2~---------------|
"what will you do on the weekends..."
Chorus
F#m Dsus Asus
e|---22222222-00000000-00000000--22222222-00000000-00000000---|
B|---22222222-33333333-00000000--22222222-33333333-00000000---|
G|---22222222-22222222-22222222--22222222-22222222-22222222---|
D|---44444444-00000000-22222222--44444444-00000000-22222222---|
A|---44444444----------00000000--44444444----------00000000---|
E|---22222222--------------------22222222---------------------|
"Theyve got american candy..."
*on the last rotation stop after the Dsus right before the 2nd Verse.
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
e|---0000--0000--0000-0000--0000-0000-0000-0000-|
B|---3333--0000--0000-0000--3333-0000-0000-0000-|
G|---2222--2222--2222-1111--2222-2222-2222-1111-|
D|---0000--2222--2222-2222--0000-2222-2222-2222-|
A|---------0000--xxxx-2222-------0000-xxxx-2222-|
E|---------------2222-0000------------2222-0000-|
"sometimes I feel as though..."
Interlude
*same as Bridge
[2:26]
Chorus
Bridge till end.
End on.
e|---0~---------|
B|---3~---------|
G|---2~---------|
D|---0~---------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
What will you do on the weekends
When your best friends
Become your dead friends?
From all the sugar
And all the sweetness
This little sweet tooth
It is your weakness
They've got American candy
You're sweet and sated
So sedated
For the American kids
You're hooked and baited
Annihilated
Even if you wanted to
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
But this American candy
It'll rot your teeth
Try to think back to back to a time when
You loved what you loved because you loved it
Before the sugar
And all the sweetness
Filled up your lungs now
It's all you breath in
Sometimes I feel as though I'm going mad when
I get a touch of saccharine
On my lips
I hate the taste on my tongue
Too damn sweet
I don't fancy
American candy
It'll rot your teeth until your gums they bleed
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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