Song of the Candle chords by
Stan Rogers

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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I took up my pen tonight.

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I couldn't seem to write.

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It's like I got religion an

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d then I lost the light

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An old woman once told me

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she'd always felt that way

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She said "Taken from the mold

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when it can still run

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A candle might not keep you from the cold

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But buy another candle, son,

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it's not too much to pay

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For one more try." And I had to smile

Interlude 1

Before I walked away.

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Verse 2

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Coffee houses bother me. I

cannot tell you why.

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But, it never seems "hello"

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sounds as sweet as "goodbye".

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And the waitresses, in passing,

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remember all your names

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They say "Look around and try

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to meet a single eye".

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And "empty cups will mock me if I stay,

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but

Buy another coffee, Stan,

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it's not too much to pay.

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And we will try to raise your smile

Before you walk away.

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Verse 3

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Tonight in a room full of candles

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another cup of ashes drains away

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And, at times,

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it gets so hard to handle

Knowing one more song has

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swiftly taken wing

And I'm left alone to hear the song

Interlude 2

a lonely candle sings.

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Verse 4

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The priest, I found,

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was nervous. He cleared his throat a lot.

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But, framed in stained glass windows,

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his eyes were lost in thought.

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And I said "Father,

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can you tell me...is some happiness my right?"

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He said "Rather seek you joy,

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the blessings of your God,

And happiness from worship

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in his sight.

And buy another candle son,

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before you start to pray

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And don't forget to cross your breast

Before you walk away.

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Verse 5

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Tonight, in a room full of candles,

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another cup of madness drains away.

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And at times it gets so hard

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to handle

Knowing one more simple song

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has swiftly taken wing.

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And I'm left alone to hear the song a

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lonely candle sings.

Interlude 3

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Verse 6

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One too many cigarettes,

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slowly burning down

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And the final cup of coffee

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was cold and full of grounds

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And maybe one last pipeful might

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send the words around

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Still, underneath my hand this

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night has slipped away

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And it leaves me as empty

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as this page

One more candle flickers out,

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the night is turning grey

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And I just can't watch the dying flame

I have to walk away.

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Verse 7

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Tonight I have burned

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all my candles

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Leaving only ashes in their wake

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And at times, I get so hard to handle

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'Cause simple songs leave me behind,

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they all have taken wing

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An d I'm left alone to hear

Outro 1

the song a lonely candle sings

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Chords

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Capo: 2

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The original key of Song of the Candle by Stan Rogers is A major.

The primary chords used in Song of the Candle are A, D, F#m, Bm, B, E.

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