Verse: D Candy took me down D Candy took me down G Down to her cellar G Gm Down to her cellar D We sat in candle light D Drinkin her father's wine G Sheltered in darkness G Cold earth around us A That's when the Union came Bm G Gm In veils of stormy rain Verse: D We talked about her pa D How she watched him in awe G Preachin the gospel G Gm She was delightful D We heard the thunder fall D Damn near break down these walls G The bottles ringin G Us two just sittin A Outside the cannonballs Bm G Gm Came screamin through the squall Verse: D She took to cryin then D I watched the candle dim G And curl and shudder G Gm Afraid to touch her D And as the flame went dead D Dear God, I felt her head G Rest tired upon me G Just breathin softly A Outside the city burned Bm G Gm Lord, it was hell on Earth Verse: D As darkness swept aside D That breathless candelight G I felt her breathin G And I started singin Chorus: D Soldiers they will come, D And soldiers they will go D The war may lay the lot of us Bm In rows of granite stone Bm And if I join the cavalry D G And perish far from home, D A D a life as sweet as candy I may never live to know Instrumental: D D Bm Bm D G D A D Chorus: D The cities they will burn, D And families will crack D The hate that drove us from our homes Bm Will drag the living back Bm And limping from the darkness D G With our hatred in our tracks, D A D a long and lonely shadow there can never be undone Chorus: D But Candy is asleep, D In darkness and in peace D Bm And my heart fills the silence with its happy little Instrumental: Bm D G G D A D Bm D Em G -x3-
