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Maroon 5 - Sex And Candy Chords

Chord reference A, F, E, Am, G, C
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[A]Hanging [F]’round downtown by [E]myself And I had [A]so much time [F]to sit and [E]think about myself And then there she [A]was [F]like double [E]cherry pie Yeah, there she [A]was [F]like disco [E]Super Fly

I smell sex and [Am] [F]candy [G]here Who’s that lounging [Am]in [F]my [G]chair? Who’s that casting [Am] [F]devious stares in my [G]direction? Mama, this surely is a [C] [G]dream, [Am]yeah See, mama, this [F]surely is a[C] dream[G], [Am]yeah [F] [E]

[A]Hanging [F]’round downtown by [E]myself And I’ve had [A]too much caffeine and I [F]was thinking ’bout [E]myself And then there she [A]was in [F]a platform [E]double suede There she [A]was [F]like disco [E]lemonade

I smell sex and [Am] [F]candy [G]here Who’s that lounging [Am]in [F]my [G]chair? Who’s that casting [Am] [F]devious stares in my [G]direction? Mama, this surely is a [C] [G]dream, [Am]yeah See, mama, this [F]surely is a[C] dream, [G]yeah [Am] [F] [E]

I smell sex and [Am] [F]candy [G]here Who’s that lounging [Am]in [F]my [G]chair? Who’s that casting [Am] [F]devious stares in my [G]direction? Mama, this surely is a [C] [G]dream, [Am]yeah See, mama, this [F]surely is a [C]dream, [G] [Am]dig it This [F]surely is a [C] [G]dream, yeah [Am]See, mama, [F]this must be my [E]dream

[A] [F] [E] [A] [F] [E]

Artist Maroon 5
Album V
Genres Pop, R&B
Year 2014
Key A

How to Play Sex And Candy on Guitar?

Maroon 5 - Sex And Candy can be played in the key of A using the A, F, E, Am, G, C chords.

  • 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 F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, 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 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 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.

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

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