Intro Riff x 3
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------11-11------10----10-----------------|
G|--------------------------------9-9-7-5----|
D|--8s10-------8s10----10----8s10------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Intro End Riff x 1
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B|-------11-11------10----10----------------------12-12-12-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------9-9--9-9-9-9s12----------12--------------------|
D|--8s10-------8s10----10----8s10------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------0-0--2-2--3--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------3-3--------------|
riff to begin verses riff before last Chorus section
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B|----------------------| B|-1---------------|
G|----------------------| G|---2-----0-------|
D|----------------------| D|-----3-----2-----|
A|------0-0--2-2--3-3---| A|-------------3---|
E|--3-3-----------------| E|-----------------|
verse 1CGmF
Come all you pretty women, with your hair a-hanging down
G
Open up your window, cause the Candy Man's in town
DmGDm
Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing bones
FG
Seven come eleven, Boys, I'll take your money home
BbFC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
BbFC
Here he comes and he's gone again
AmG
Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the,
FG
Candy Man comes around aga---in
verse 2CGmF
I come in from Memphis, where I learned to talk the jive
G
When I get back to Memphis, be one less man alive
DmGDm
Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well
FG
If I had me a shotgun, I'd blow you straight to hell
BbFC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
BbFC
Here he comes and he's gone again
AmG
Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the,
FG
Candy Man comes around aga---in
Solo over verse
CGmFFGGDmGDmFG
Solo over ChorusBbFCBbFCAmGFGverse 3CGmF
Come on Boys and wager, if you have got the mind
G
If you've got a dollar, Boys, lay it on the line
DmGDm
Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey and rye
FG
Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candy Man's in to---wn
BbFC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
BbFC
Here he comes and he's gone again
AmG
Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the,
FG
Candy Man comes around aga---in
BbFC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man
BbFC
Here he comes and he's gone again
BbFC
Look out, look out, the Candy Man (fades out)