Chords for Benny Friedman - Light One Candle

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_ _ _ [C] _ _ Light-borne candle for the Maccabee children With things that their lives [Am] didn't die
_ [F] Light-borne candle for the pain they endured When the right to exist was [E] denied
_ _ [Am] Light-borne [C] candle for the terrible sacrifice [F] Justice and freedom [D] demand
Light _ [C] _ [Am]-borne candle [C] for the wisdom to [Am] know When [F] the [G] peacemaker's time is [C] at _ [E] hand
[A] _ So let [Dm] the light go out [G] It's lasted for so many [C] _ [E] years
_ [A] _ So let [Dm] the light go out [G] Let it shine through our love and [C] our tears _ _ _ _
[Am] Light _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ -borne candle for the strength that we need To never become [Am] our own _ foe
[F] Light-borne candle for those who are suffering Pain we learned so [E] long ago
_ [Am] Light-borne candle [C] for all we believe in [Am] That anger not tear [D] us apart _
[C] And light [Am]-borne [C] candle to find [Am] us together [F] With peace [G] as a song [C] in our [E] hearts
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] So let the light go out [G] It's lasted for so [C] many [E] years
_ [A] _ So let [Dm] the light go out Let it [G] shine through our love [C] and our [E] tears
_ [A] _ So let [Dm] the light go out [G] It's lasted for so [C] many _ [E] years
_ [A] So let [Dm] the light go out Let it [G] shine through our love and [C] our tears
_ _ _ What [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] is the memory that's valued so highly That we keep it [Am] alive in that flame
_ _ [C] What's the [F] commitment to those who have died That we cry out they've [Em] not died in vain
[Am] We have come this far [G] always believing [F#m] That goodness would somehow [D] prevail
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[C] _ is [Am] the burden _ [C] and this [Am] is the promise [F] And this is why [G] we will [C] not fade
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[A] _ So let [Dm] the light go out [G] It's lasted for so many [C] [E] years _
_ [A] So let [Dm] the light go out Let it [G] shine through our love and [C] our tears
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_ [A] So let _ [Dm] the light go out [G] It's lasted for so many [C] years
[E] So let [A] _ _ _ [Dm] the light go out Let [G] it shine through our love and [C] our [E] tears
_ [A] So let [Dm] the light go out [G] It's lasted for so many [C] _ _ [E]
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[A] _ So let [Dm] the light go out Let [G] it shine through our love and [C] our tears _
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