I light this candle chords by Hoyt Axton

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Verse 1
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I  (G major) light  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) this candle in the  (F major) hope
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that you'll be coming  (C major) to my  (G major) room tonight.
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I  (C major) may be wrong in what I
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 (F major) think I see in your eyes.  (C major) 
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But then I  (G major) may be right
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and I  (F major) think that I'm in love with you tonight.
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 (C major) I  just can't  (G major) help it,
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I love the  (C major) way you do
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The things  (G major) you do
when you're doing those things to me
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 (C major) Just like a bouncing ball coming off  (G major) the wall
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In the big playground of life  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
True love cannot be bought
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in  (F major) cheap hotels
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True love  (C major) cannot be  (G major) borrowed
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Just  (C major) like a diamond in a  (F major) wishing well
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It shines  (C major) beyond tomor (G major) row
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And I  (F major) think that I'm in
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love with you tonight  (C major) 
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I just can't  (G major) help it
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I love the  (C major) way you do
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The things  (G major) you do
When they're doin' those things to me
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 (C major) Just like a bouncin' ball comin'  (G major) off the wall
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In the big old round of life  (C major) 
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 (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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Sometimes it's hard to
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write a  (F major) sweet love song
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and find  (C major) the words to  (G major) rhyme to.
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 (C major) Some people say you
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shouldn't  (F major) talk of love
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unless  (C major) you have the  (G major) time to.
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And I  (F major) think that I'm in
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love with you tonight.  (C major) 
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I just can't  (G major) help it.
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I love the  (C major) way you do
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the things  (G major) you do
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when you're doing those things to me  (C major) 
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Just like a bouncing ball com (G major) ing off the wall
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in the big playground of life  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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I light this candle in the  (F major) hope that you'll
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be coming  (C major) to my  (G major) room tonight.
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I  (C major) may be wrong in what I
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 (F major) think I see in your eyes,  (C major) 
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but then I  (G major) may be right.
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And I  (F major) think that I'm in with you tonight