Standard tuning
Capo 2nd fret
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 - 022000IntroDsus2 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----------|-
For the verses, strum over the intro riff chords.
Notes in brackets denote the bass note of each chord:
Verse 1:
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
In this or any other summer she is something altogether different
Em (D) (G) (F#) (E)Never just an ordinary girl [riff]
Verse 2:
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
Time expands and then contracts when you are spinning in the grips of
Em Gsomeone who is not an ordinary girl
Chorus 1
When you sleep you find your mother in the night
D GBut she stays just out of sight
D F#m ASo there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
And when you wake the morning covers you with light
D GAnd 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
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#) EmAll the regrets you can't forget are somehow pressed upon a picture
In the face of such an ordinary girl
And when you sleep you find your mother in the night
But she stays just out of sight
D F#m ASo there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
G A D GAnd when you wake the morning showers you with light
And it makes you feel alright
D F#m A DBut it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
G Em AAgain, again, again
It's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
G Em AAgain, again, again
D G AAnd 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
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
Don't ask me to come around and wait to see if there is a spark
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