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Carly Rae Jepsen - Sour Candy Chords

Chord reference G, Em, D, C, Am, B, A, Cm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[G] [Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [D] [D] [G] [Em]Sour [D]candy endings, [G]coffee [Em] [D]stained but aware [D]Oh [D]I’m so [G]tangled [Em]up [D]in my big sunglasses and [Em]Bed [C]hungry second [D]day [D]fare [D]

[G]No [D]we went [Am]under, the weight was [C]too much to carry in [G]I [D]felt the [Am]thunder, mister [C]don’t look so scared [G]I never knew, I [D]never knew, [Am]that [C]I could be so [G]sad, [D]we went [Am]under

[G]I’ve [Em]been [D]very cautious, [G]trying [Em]numbness, [D]instead of pain Your [G]humor [Em]makes [D]me, makes me nauseous What a [Em]twisted [C]twisted, [D]twisted game

[G]No [D]we went [Am]under, the weight was [C]too much to carry in [G]I [D]felt the [Am]thunder, mister [C]don’t look so scared [G]I never knew, I [D]never knew, [Am]that [C]I could be so [G]sad, [D]we went [Am]under

[C]Ohh get yourself [B]home, you leave him [Em]alone, on [D]second thought I [A]regret the pink stiletto, [C]ooh, ooh [Cm]ho [G] [Em]Sour [D]candy endings, [G]and I was [Em]barely even [Am]there

[G]No [D]we went [Am]under, the weight was [G]too [C]much to carry in [G]I [D]felt the [Am]thunder, mister [G]don’t[C]look so scared [G]I never knew, I [D]never knew, [Am]that [G]I [C]could be [G]so sad [D] [Am]so [G]sad [C] [G]so [D]sad [Am]so [G]sad [C] [G]so sad [D]we went [Am]under

Album Tug of War
Genres Pop, Electronic
Year 2009
Key G

How to Play Sour Candy on Guitar?

Carly Rae Jepsen - Sour Candy can be played in the key of G using the G, Em, D, C, Am, B, A, Cm chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For Cm, To play Cm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Sour Candy with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.