Candy Jail

Key: G

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo: No capo

[Chord Progression]
G - Em - C - D

[Verse 1]
                    G
Pain works on a sliding scale
                      Em
So does pleasure in a candy jail
C                    D
True love doesn't come around any more than fate allows on a
         G
Monday in Ft. Lauderdale

                        G
I came all this way to see your grave
                         Em
To see your life as written paraphrased
C                     D
I have tried thee it is written in the furnace of affliction
         G
This is what you couldn't face

[Chorus]
C
Life in a candy jail
D
Peppermint bars
G                     C
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls
C
Where the guards are gracious
D
And the grounds are grand
G                            C
And the warden keeps the data on your favorite brands

[Verse 2]
             G
Jelly beans and cookie dough
                Em
Country restroom on a radio
    C
I 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

                       G
These terms engulf the waking mind
                        Em
Like cherry, grape and lemon-lime
       C
Like candy corn and licorice
       D
Like bubble gum and Swedish fish
       G
It happens to me all the time

[Chorus]
C
Livin' in a candy jail
D
Peppermint bars
G                     C
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls
C
Where the guards are gracious
D
And the grounds are grand
G
And the warden really listens
C
And he understands