(C)I can’t (G)stop (C)eat ing (G)sweets!
(C)All those (G)won der ful (G7)Wil ly Won ka treats.
(Bm)You can (E7)keep the (Am)oth ers ’cause (Bm)me, (E7)I’m a (Am)Won ker er.
(D7)When it comes to (G)can dy,
(Am)Wil ly’s (D)the (G)con quer or.
(C)Who can take a sun rise,
(Dm)sprin kle it with (G)dew,
(Fmaj7)cov er it with (Bb7)choc ’late and a (C)mir a cle or (Am7)two?
The (Am)can dy man,
the (C)can dy man (F)can,
the (D)can dy man can ’cause he (Dm7)mix es it with love and makes the (C)world taste (F)good.
(C)Who can take a rain bow,
(Dm)wrap it in a (G)sigh,
(Fmaj7)soak it in the (Bb7)sun and make a (C)straw b’ry lem on (Am7)pie?
The (Am)can dy man,
the (C)can dy man (F)can,
the (D)can dy man can ’cause he (Dm7)mix es it with love and makes the (C)world taste (F)good.
(C)world taste (F)good.
The (F)can dy man makes (F#dim7)ev ’ry thing he bakes (C)sat is fy ing and de (C)li cious.
(F#dim7)Talk a bout your (B)child hood (Em)wish es!
(Dm)You can e ven eat (A)the (Ab)dish (G7)es!
(C)world taste good.
And the (D)world tastes good ’cause the (Dm7)can dy man thinks it (Bb)should.
This page shows “The Candy Man” by Sammy Davis Jr. in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 136 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.