Chords for Silver Jews - Candy Jail - Juan's Basement

_ _ _ I'm going _ to trap [G] it in my belt. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Stop! _ _
You'd be a good belt buckler.
I practice a hell of a lot more.
Oh, _ that's sweet. _ _ _ _ _
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Pain works on a sliding scale, _ [Em] so does pleasure in a candy jail. _
[C] True love doesn't come around any [Dm] more than fatal hours [G] on a Monday in old Louisville. _
I came all this way to see your grave, to [Em] see your life as written paraphrase. _ _
[C] I have tried the innest written [D] in a furnace of affliction.
[G] This is what you couldn't face.
Life in [C] a candy jail, [D] _ peppermint [G] bar, enid brittle bump [C] ebbs and marshmallow _ walls.
_ _ Where the guards are gracious [D] and the grounds are grand.
[G] The warden keeps the data on your favorite [C] brand. _ _ _
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_ Jelly beans and cookie dough, _ _ [Em] country restroom on the radio. _ _
I [C] got a number on my name, [D] it's hard to rise above the shame.
[G] I'm a branded man made in the mold.
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[G] These words engulf the waking mind, _ _ [Em] like cherry grape and lemon lime. _ _
[C] Candy corn and licorice, [D] bubble gum and Swedish fish.
[G] Shit happens to me all the time. _
Living [C] in a candy jail, [D] peppermint _ [G] bar, enid brittle bump [C] ebbs and marshmallow _ walls.
_ Where the guards are gracious [D] and the grounds are grand.
[G] The warden really listens [C] and he understands. _ _ _ _
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