Hard Candy - Counting Crows

Dsus2/G Em

- 3x0230 - 022000

Dsus2/F# - 2x0230 D - xx0232

Dsus2/E F#m

- 000230 - 244222

G

- 320033

Intro:

Dsus2 Dsus2/G Dsus2/F# Dsus2/E

F#|-|------0---------0---------0--------------0|-

C#|-|--------3---------3---------3-------3-2--3|-

A |-|-----------------------------------------2|-

E |-|-0---------------------------------------0|-

B |-|------------------------------------------|-

F#|-|-----------3---------2---------0----------|-

D G F# E

() () () ()

For the verses, strum over the intro riff chords.

Notes in brackets denote the bass note of each chord:

Verse 1:

D G F# E D

() () () () ()

On certain Sundays in November when the weather bothers me

G F# E D

() () () ()

I empty drawers of other summers where my shadows used to be

G F# E D

() () () ()

And she is standing by the water as her smile begins to curl

G F# Em

() ()

In this or any other summer she is something altogether different

Em D G F# E

() () () ()

Never just an ordinary girl [riff]

Verse 2:

D G F# E D

() () () () ()

And in the evenings on Long Island when the colours start to fade

G F# E D

() () () ()

She wears a silly yellow hat that someone gave her when she stayed

G F# E D

() () () ()

I didn't think that she returned it we left New York in a whirl

G F# Em

() ()

Time expands and then contracts when you are spinning in the grips of

Em G

someone who is not an ordinary girl

Chorus 1:

A D G

When you sleep you find your mother in the night

D G

But she stays just out of sight

D F#m A

So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming

G A D G

And when you wake the morning covers you with light

D G

And it makes you feel alright

D F#m A Dsus2 (to riff)

But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

(intro riff once)

Verse 3:

D G F# E D

() () () () ()

You send your lover off to China then you wait for her to call

G F# E D

() () () ()

You put your girl up on a pedestal then you wait for her to fall

G F# E D

() () () ()

I put my summer's back in a letter and I hide it from the world

G F# Em

() ()

All the regrets you can't forget are somehow pressed upon a picture

Em G

In the face of such an ordinary girl

Chorus 2:

A D G

And when you sleep you find your mother in the night

D G

But she stays just out of sight

D F#m A

So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming

G A D G

And when you wake the morning showers you with light

D G

And it makes you feel alright

D F#m A D

But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

G Em A

Again, again, again

D G A D

It's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

G Em A

Again, again, again

D G A

And it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again

Outro riff:

F#|-|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-

C#|-|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|-

A |-|---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-|-

E |-|-0---------------------------------------------|-

B |-|-------------4-----------3---------------------|-

F#|-|-------------------------------------3---------|-

D C# C G

() () () ()

Outro: (with riff)

D C# C G

() () () ()

Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark

D C# C G

() () () ()

Don't ask me to come around then wait to see if there's a spark

D C# C G

() () () ()

Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark

D C# C G

() () () ()

Don't ask me to come around and make me wait to see the spark

D C# C G

() () () ()

Go ask her to come around late and see me after dark

D C# C G

() () () ()

Don't ask me to come around and wait to see if there is a spark