Candy Cane Children

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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