This is from the album 'Mississippi John Hurt Today!', Vanguard records.
Key of A, 4/4 time.
Notes:
2h3 means note at 2, hammer on 3
2/9 means note at 2, slide to 9
First Part:
x x x x x x x x
| E | | |
| B | 2h3 | 2h3 2 |
| G | 2 2 | |
| D | 2 2 | 2 |
| A | 0 | 0 0 |
| E 0 | 0 | 0 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | | |
| B | 2h3 | 2h3 2 |
| G | 2 2 | |
| D | 2 2 | 2 |
| A | 0 | 0 4 3 |
| E | 0 | |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 4 | 4 0 4 0 |
| B | 3 3 | 3 |
| G | | 2 |
| D | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| A | 2 | 2 |
| E | 0 | 0 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 5 5 | 5 |
| B | | |
| G | 2 2 | 2 |
| D | 2 2 | 2 |
| A | 0 0 | 0 4 3 |
| E | | |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 0 | 4 0 4 0 |
| B | 3 3 | 3 |
| G | | |
| D | 0 | 0 0 |
| A | 2 0 | 2 |
| E | 0 | 0 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 5 5 | 5 5 5 |
| B | | |
| G | 2 2 2 | 2 |
| D | 2 2 | 2 2 |
| A | 0 | 0 |
| E | 0 | 0 |
Second Part:
x x x x x x x x
| E | 5 5 5 5 | 5 |
| B | | |
| G | 2 | |
| D | 4 4 3 3 | 2 |
| A | | 4 0 |
| E | | 2 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 4 | 5 5 5 |
| B | 3 | |
| G | | 2 |
| D | | 2 2 |
| A | 2 2 | 0 0 |
| E | 0 0 | |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 | 5 |
| B | | |
| G | 2 2 | |
| D | 4 4 3 3 | 2 |
| A | | 4 0 |
| E | | 2 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 4 4 | 5 5 |
| B | 3 3 | |
| G | | 2 |
| D | | 2 2/9 |
| A | 2 2 | 0 0 |
| E | 0 0 | |
Third part, instrumental
(note: 12 is 'twelve', not 'one, two')
x x x x x x x x
| E | 12 12 | 12 10 12 |
| B | | |
| G | 9 | 9 9 |
| D | 9 9 | 9 9 |
| A | | |
| E | 0 0 | 0 0 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 12 10 12 | 12 10 |
| B | | |
| G | 9 9 | |
| D | 9 9 | 9 9 |
| A | | |
| E | 0 0 | 0 0 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 9 9 | 9 0 9 0 |
| B | 10 | 10 |
| G | 9 9 | 9 9 |
| D | | |
| A | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| E | | |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 5 | 0 |
| B | 5 /7 7 | 5 5 |
| G | | 6 6 |
| D | 0 0 | |
| A | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| E | | |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 0 | |
| B | 3 3 | 2 |
| G | 4 4 | 2 |
| D | | 2 |
| A | 0 0 | 0 4 3 |
| E | | |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 0 | 4 0 4 0 |
| B | 3 3 | 3 |
| G | | 2 |
| D | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| A | 2 | 2 |
| E | 0 | 0 |
x x x x x x x x
| E | 5 5 5 | 5 5 5 |
| B | | |
| G | 2 2 | |
| D | 5 4 4 | 3 3 2 |
| A | 0 | |
| E | | |
First part:
Well come you ladies gather round
the good sweet candy man's in town
he's the candy man
sweet candy man
Second part:
Well hey there candy man you gettin mighty slick
Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm
you must be stuck on the candy stick
Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm.
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