Song Of The Candle Chords by Stan Rogers

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I took up my pen tonight _ [D] I couldn't seem to write
_ _ [A] It's like I got [F#m] religion and [D] then I lost the _ _ _ [A] light
An old [F#m] woman once told [D] me she'd always felt [B] that way
_ She _
[D] said taken from the [A] mold _ while it [E] still can run
[F#m] A candle might not keep you from the [C#m] _ cold _ But [E] _ _ [D] _ buy another candle son, [C#m] it's not too much
to pay _ [D] For one more try and I had to smile before
I [A] walked away _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Coffee _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ houses bother me, _
[D] I cannot tell you
_ why [A] But it never seems [F#m] so low, sounds [D] as sweet
as goodbye And _
[A] the waitresses in [F#m] passing will [D] _ remember
all [B] your name _ They _ [D] say look around [A] and try _ [D] to meet a [E] single
eye _ [F#m]
And empty cups will mock me if [C#m] I stay
_ But _ _ [D] _
_ buy another coffee stand, now [C#m] it's not too much to pay
And [D]
we will try to raise your smile before you walk _ [A] away _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Tonight _ in our room full [C#m] of candles _ _ _ _ [D] Another _ _ cup of ashes drains [A] away
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[A] _ _ _ [F#m] And at times it gets so _ _ [E] hard to handle _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ Knowing one more simple [F#m] song [C#m] has swiftly taken wing
[Bm] _ [D] Left _ alone to hear [Bm] the [D] song a lonely [A] candle _ _ sings _ _
The _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ priest I found was nervous _
[D] He cleared his throat a lot _ _ _
[A] But framed in [F#m] stained glass windows [D] his eyes were lost in thought
And I [A] said, [C#m] Father can [F#m] you tell me [D] is some happiness [B] my right? _
_ _ _ [D] He said rather seek [A] your joy, _ [D] the blessings [E] of your God _
And [F#m] _ happiness from worship in his [C#m] sight And _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ buy another candle son [C#m] before you start to pray _ _
[D] And don't forget to cross your breast _ before you walk [A] _ away
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Tonight in our _ room full of [C#m] candles _ _ Another _ [D] _ _ _
cup of madness drains [A] away _
_ _ _ And [F#m] at times it gets so _ _ [E] hard to handle _ _ _ _ [D] _
Knowing one more simple song [C#m] has swiftly taken wing
And [D] I'm left [Bm] alone [D] to hear [Bm] the song [D] a lonely [A] candle _ sings _ _
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_ [A] _ One too many cigarettes _ _ [D] _ slowly burning down _
[A] _ _ The [G#] final [F#m] cup of coffee was [D] cold _ and full of grounds
[A] And [E] maybe one [F#m] last pipeful [D] might send the [B] words around
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] Still underneath [A] my hands [D] this night has [E] slipped away
_ [F#m] It _ leaves me as empty [C#m] as this page _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ One more candle flickers [C#m] out the night is turning gray
[E] _ [D] And I just can't watch the dying flame I have to walk [A] away
_ _ So _ [F#] tonight _ I have burned all [C#m] my candles _ _ Leaving _
[D] _ _ _ only ashes in their [A] way
_ _ _ And [F#m] at times I get so _
[E] _ hard to handle
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[D] _ The simple songs leave me behind [C#] They all [C#m] have taken wing
[Bm] _
[D] And I'm left alone to hear the [Bm]
[D] song a lonely candle sings _
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