Counting Crows – Hard Candy (Guitar Tab)

Note: This can be played without a capo, but I prefer playing the intro with a capo. The chord shapes I use: (relative to capo) Dsus2 - xx0230 A - x02220 Dsus2/G - 3x0230 Em - 022000 Dsus2/F#- 2x0230 D - xx0232 Dsus2/E - 000230 F#m- 244222 G - 320033

Intro:
   Dsus2           Dsus2/G         Dsus2/F#        Dsus2/E
e|-------0---------------0---------------0-------------------------|
B|-----3-----3---------------3---------3-----3-----------3---2---3-|
G|---------------2-----2---------2---------------2-----2-----------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------0-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------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:

e|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
B|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----|
G|---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--|
D|-0----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-----------3----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------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