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Thread #30806   Message #397668
Posted By: ddw
14-Feb-01 - 12:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Candy Man (Mississippi John Hurt)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Candy Man by Mississippi John
Jeepman — the name of your thread is Lyr/Chords Req.

Do you need the chords? They're pretty simple — just a long A (index finger 1,2,3,4S, 2F and little finger 1S, 5F) and E7.

The grace notes make the guitar interesting and they're simple — still in the long A, hammer on 2S, 3F and then walk down on the 5S from the 5F to the 2F.

The break is pretty simple, too. I don't do exactly what MJH does on it; I just use a D configuration up to the 9F, rock it to the 8F and back to 9F. Do a 6S slide all the way down going into the E7 and then back to long A. It sounds a lot harder than it really is.

cheers,

david

P.S. I hope I've described it properly — don't have a guitar right now to check on all the position, but I think that's right.