Candy Cane Children

The White Stripes

Tom: G

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| Words and Music by Jack White     |

| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris          |  
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| Tab Definitions:									  |
|  Dm: xx0231										  |
|   G: 320003										  |
|   F: 133211										  |
|   C: x32010										  |
| C/B: x22010										  |
|   A: x02220										  |
|   h: Hammer onto note									  |
|   p: Pull off of note									  |
|  (): Heavily muted note								  |
|   X: Strumming of muted strings							  |
|   >: Decreasing tempo									  |
|P.M.: Palm Muting									  |

|N.C.: No Chord played									  |
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Perhaps influenced by Dolly Parton's "Jolene."

INTRO: P.M. on lower notes

   Dm  Dmsus2    Dmsus4
e|-----0h1-------3p2-------0h1---------------0h1---------1--
B|------------3----------2--------(3)-----------------------
G|-(2)------2-2-------2--------(2)---(2)--2------(3)--2-----
D|----------0---------0-------------------0-----------0-----
A|----------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------


Dm                 Dmsus2 Dm 
Why don't you open me up?

VERSE 1:
Dm
Candy Cane Girl
G                   Dm                 F N.C.
Don't you know your name, girl? (yeah)
                    C  N.C.          Dm         Dmsus4 Dmsus2
Twelve people gonna ask you just the same, girl

What a world
G                Dm         Dmsus2 Dmsus4
Christmas once a year, girl
      F N.C.             C N.C.            Dm
That's three hundred and sixty four tears, girl

   Dm
e|-1--------
B|---3------
G|-----2----
D|-------0--
A|----------
E|----------


CHORUS:
        C         C/B     A
So when Christmas finally comes
    C        C/B   A
And nobody's got a gun
        C        C/B      A
And you think it might be fun
        G
To hang around

Think again girl

Dm Dm Dm X
Dm Dm Dm X

Dm Dmsus2 Dmsus4                    Dmsus2      Dm Dmsus2  Dmsus4      Dmsus2
                 Why don't you open me up                         huh?

VERSE 2:
Candy Cane Boy
Don't you know your name, boy?
Nine people gonna tell you just the same, boy
You're alone, son
In the middle of a million
And nobody knows how to talk to children

CHORUS
Oh, when Christmas finally comes
And nobody's got a gun
And you think it might be fun
To get a new toy
Think again boy

BREAK 1:

   Dm                    				                     >
e|-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-0---0----1--0-1-3-1-0---0-1-0---0----1--0-1-2-2-1h2p1p0---0-1-0---0--1--
B|-----------3-------3------3------------3-------3------3------------------3------------3--
G|-----------------------2--2------------------------2--2--------------------------2----2--
D|--------------------------0---------------------------0-------------------------------0--
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Played 4x: P.M.

   Dm
e|-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-0---0----1--
B|-----------3-------3------3--
G|-----------------------2--2--
D|--------------------------0--
A|-----------------------------
E|-----------------------------
            Ahhh


CHORUS:
Oh, when Christmas finally comes
And no one's got a gun
And you think it might be fun
To make a stand
Think again man