I Gave My Love A Candle Chords by Bonnie Raitt
Tempo:
87.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Dm]
[D]
I give my [G] love a candle, [Bm] [D] a [A] promise and [D] a [G] light
[Dm] him when [A] my number comes [D] up
[F#m] fill [E] the [Bm] sky
[A] I'm fixin' [D] to die
[G] Movin' down [D] that same lonesome road
[G] Goodbye, [A] goodbye, [D] goodbye
[D]
I give my [G] love a candle, [Bm] [D] a [A] promise and [D] a [G] light
[Dm] him when [A] my number comes [D] up
[F#m] fill [E] the [Bm] sky
[A] I'm fixin' [D] to die
[G] Movin' down [D] that same lonesome road
[G] Goodbye, [A] goodbye, [D] goodbye
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A
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Bm
F#m
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ I give my [G] love a candle, [Bm] _ _ [D] a [A] promise and [D] a [G] light
_ [D] _ [G] And I told [Dm] him when [A] my number comes [D] up
Winds would [F#m] fill [E] the [Bm] sky
_ _ [G] Me [A] I'm fixin' [D] to die _ _
[G] _ Movin' down [D] that same lonesome road
No [A] I don't [Bm] know why _ _
_ [G] Goodbye, [A] goodbye, [D] goodbye _
You _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] didn't have to fool me
_ _ [A] You [D] didn't have to lie
_ [G] My love comes [D] around like a thief in the night
But only [A] love can make [Bm] you cry
And [G] we have walked [Am] side by [D] _ side
_ [G] Movin' down [A] that same lonesome [D] road
No [A] I don't [Bm] know why
[D] _
[G] Goodbye, _ [A] goodbye, [D] goodbye
[C#] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Your love was [A] like a diamond right [D] away
From a [A] sea that calms [Bm] my [D] mind
_ [G] _ Movin' [A] onward to a distant shore
[D] Without [A] both [Bm] sailin' in a line
[G] We have [A] danced to a [D] fateful rhyme
_ [G] _ Movin' down [A] that same lonesome [D] road
_ No I [A] [Bm] don't know why
[D] _ [G] Goodbye, [A] _
[D] goodbye, goodbye
_ [A] _ _ You [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] didn't have to fool me
[F#m] You _ [G] didn't [D] have to _ lie
[G] _
_ My love came [A] out so [D] ugly
It's only my love [A] that could make you [Bm] cry
[D] And [G] we have walked [A] side by _ [D] _ side
_ [G] Movin' down [D] that [A] same [G] lonesome road
And [D] I [A] still don't [Bm] know why
[D] _
[G] Goodbye, [A] _ goodbye, [D] goodbye _ _
[C] Goodbye, [Am] _ [D] goodbye, _ goodbye
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Goodbye, _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] goodbye, _ _ _ _
[D] goodbye _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ I give my [G] love a candle, [Bm] _ _ [D] a [A] promise and [D] a [G] light
_ [D] _ [G] And I told [Dm] him when [A] my number comes [D] up
Winds would [F#m] fill [E] the [Bm] sky
_ _ [G] Me [A] I'm fixin' [D] to die _ _
[G] _ Movin' down [D] that same lonesome road
No [A] I don't [Bm] know why _ _
_ [G] Goodbye, [A] goodbye, [D] goodbye _
You _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] didn't have to fool me
_ _ [A] You [D] didn't have to lie
_ [G] My love comes [D] around like a thief in the night
But only [A] love can make [Bm] you cry
And [G] we have walked [Am] side by [D] _ side
_ [G] Movin' down [A] that same lonesome [D] road
No [A] I don't [Bm] know why
[D] _
[G] Goodbye, _ [A] goodbye, [D] goodbye
[C#] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Your love was [A] like a diamond right [D] away
From a [A] sea that calms [Bm] my [D] mind
_ [G] _ Movin' [A] onward to a distant shore
[D] Without [A] both [Bm] sailin' in a line
[G] We have [A] danced to a [D] fateful rhyme
_ [G] _ Movin' down [A] that same lonesome [D] road
_ No I [A] [Bm] don't know why
[D] _ [G] Goodbye, [A] _
[D] goodbye, goodbye
_ [A] _ _ You [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] didn't have to fool me
[F#m] You _ [G] didn't [D] have to _ lie
[G] _
_ My love came [A] out so [D] ugly
It's only my love [A] that could make you [Bm] cry
[D] And [G] we have walked [A] side by _ [D] _ side
_ [G] Movin' down [D] that [A] same [G] lonesome road
And [D] I [A] still don't [Bm] know why
[D] _
[G] Goodbye, [A] _ goodbye, [D] goodbye _ _
[C] Goodbye, [Am] _ [D] goodbye, _ goodbye
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Goodbye, _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] goodbye, _ _ _ _
[D] goodbye _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _