Chords for Peter, Paul and Mary "Light One Candle" (25th Anniversary Concert)

_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [A] _ that answers some of our [G] playful questions.
_ It says, light one candle, _
_ _ _ _ _ a candle on a menorah,
_ _ the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
_ Light a candle for decency,
light a candle for hope, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ light a universal candle _ _ for peace. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Light one candle for the Maccabee children,
the things that their light didn't [Em] die.
[E] _ _ [C] Light one candle for the pain they endured
when their right to [B] exist was denied.
[G] _ _ [Em] Light one candle [G] for the terrible sacrifice,
[C] justice and freedom [A] demand.
_ _ Light one candle for the [Em] wisdom to know
[C] when the [D] peacemaker's time is at _ _ [E] hand.
Don't let [Am] the light go [D] out,
it's lasted for so many _ _ _ [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out,
[D] let it shine through our love and our tears.
_ [E] _ _
Don't [Am] let the light go out,
[D] it's lasted for so many _ _ _ [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go [D] out,
let it shine through our love and our [B] tears.
_ [Em] _
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[G] Light one candle for the strength that we need
to never become our [Em] own _ foe.
[C] And light one candle for those who are suffering,
pain we learned so [B] long ago. _ _
[Em] Light one candle [G] for all we believe in,
[C] let anger not [A] tear us _ apart.
[G] And [E] light one, _ _ bind us together,
with peace as the song in our _ hearts.
_ Don't [Am] let the light go [D] out,
it's lasted for [G] so many _ [B] _
[E] years.
_ Don't [Am] let the light go out,
let [D] it shine through our love and our [B] tears.
_ [E] _ _ Don't [Am] let the light go out,
[D] it's lasted for so [G] many [B] years.
_ [E] _ Don't [Am] let the light go out,
[D] let it shine through our love and [G] our tears.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] And what is the memory that's valued so highly,
that we keep it [E] alive in that flame?
[C] _ What's the commitment to those who have died _ _ _ [B] for you? _
_ [Em] We have come this far, always believing
[C] that justice will somehow [A] _
prevail.
[Em] _ This is the verdict, this is the promise,
this is [E] what we [G] will not fail.
_ [E] _ _ _ Don't let _ _ _ [D] the light go out,
it's lasted for so [G] many _
[Bm] _ [E] years.
_ Don't let [Am] the light go out,
[D] let it shine through [Em] our love and our tears.
_ _ [E] _ Don't let [Am] the light go out,
[D] it's lasted for so [G] _
many [E] _ years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out,
let [D] it shine through our love and our [B] tears.
_ [E] _ _ Don't let the light go out,
_ don't let the light go out,
don't let the light [Am] go out. _
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