Candlelight Carol Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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[F] _ How do you capture [Bb] the wind [C] on the water?
_ [F] How do you count [Bb] all the stars in [C] the sky?
[Am] How can you measure [Dm] the love [Gm] of a mother?
[Eb] Or how [Bb] can you write down [F] a _ baby's first cry? _ _ _ _ _
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Shepherds and wise [C] men [Bb] will kneel [C] and adore him
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Seraphim around him [Bb] their vigil [C] will keep
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Nations [C] proclaim him [Dm] their Lord and [Gm] their Savior
[Cm] But Mary [Bb] will hold him [F] and sing him to sleep _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Candlelight, angel [Bb] light, _ [Fm] firelight and star [Bb] glow
Shine on [F] his cradle [Dm] till [G] breaking [C] of [Bb] dawn
_ Gloria, [F] _
gloria [Gm] in [C] [Cm] excelsis [F]
Deo
[Bb] _ Angels [F] are singing [C] the Christ [F] child is born
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_ [C] _ _ _ [F] Find him at _ [C] [Bb] Bethlehem laid [C] in a manger
[F] Christ our _ Redeemer [Bb] asleep in [C] the hay
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Godhead [F] incarnate [Dm] and hope of [Gm] salvation
[Eb] A child [Bb] with his mother [F] that [C] first [F] Christmas day _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [F] How do you capture [Bb] the wind on [C] the water?
_ [F] How do you count [Bb] all the stars in [C] the sky?
_ [Am] How can you [C] measure [Dm] the love of a [Gm] mother?
[Fm] Or how can [Bb] you write down [F] a _ baby's first cry?
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_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Candlelight, angel [Bb] light, _ [Fm] firelight and star glow
[Bb] Shine on [F] his cradle [Dm] till [G] breaking [C] of dawn
[Bb] _ Gloria, [F] _
gloria [Gm] in [C] [Cm] excelsis [F]
Deo
[Bb] _ Angels [F] are singing, [C] _ angels [F] are singing
[Bb] _ Angels [F] are singing [C] the Christ [F] child is born
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