Chords for Peter, Paul and Mary - Light One Candle (25th Anniversary Concert)
Tempo:
68.675 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] It
[Am] [G] says, light one candle, a candle on a menorah, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Light a candle for decency, light a candle for hope, light a universal candle for peace.
Light one candle for the Maccabee children, so their [Em] light didn't [F#] die.
[C] Light one candle for the pain they endured when their right to [B] exist was denied.
[Em] Light [G] one candle for the terrible [C] sacrifice, justice, [A] and freedom demand.
[G] Light one candle [Em] for the wisdom to know [C] when the [D] peacemaker's time is at [E] hand.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [Bm] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our [G] love and our [B] [Em] tears.
[A] [G] Light one candle for the strength that we need to never become [Em] our own [C] foe.
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 [C] in, let anger not tear [A] us [Bm] apart.
[G] And light one candle to bind us together [C] with peace [D] as the song [G] in our [Bm] heart.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted [G] for so many [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [B] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light [D] go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [E] years.
[Am] Don't let the light go out, [D] let it shine [G] through our love and [Bm] our tears.
[Em] Values
[G] so highly that [D] we keep it alive [Em] in that flame.
[C] What the commitment to [B] God in vain.
[Em] When we have come this far, always [D] believing [C] that justice would [A] somehow prevail.
[Em] This is the burden, this is the promise, [Am] this is what we [B] will not [E] fail.
[A] Don't let [D] the light [G] go out, it's lasted for so [A] many [Bm] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] [D] the light go out, let it shine through [Em] our love and our tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light go [D] out, it's lasted for [G] so [Bm] many [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love and our tears.
[E] [A] Don't let the light go [E] out, [Am] don't let, [E]
don't let the [Am] light go out.
[N]
[Am] [G] says, light one candle, a candle on a menorah, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Light a candle for decency, light a candle for hope, light a universal candle for peace.
Light one candle for the Maccabee children, so their [Em] light didn't [F#] die.
[C] Light one candle for the pain they endured when their right to [B] exist was denied.
[Em] Light [G] one candle for the terrible [C] sacrifice, justice, [A] and freedom demand.
[G] Light one candle [Em] for the wisdom to know [C] when the [D] peacemaker's time is at [E] hand.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [Bm] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our [G] love and our [B] [Em] tears.
[A] [G] Light one candle for the strength that we need to never become [Em] our own [C] foe.
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 [C] in, let anger not tear [A] us [Bm] apart.
[G] And light one candle to bind us together [C] with peace [D] as the song [G] in our [Bm] heart.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted [G] for so many [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [B] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light [D] go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [E] years.
[Am] Don't let the light go out, [D] let it shine [G] through our love and [Bm] our tears.
[Em] Values
[G] so highly that [D] we keep it alive [Em] in that flame.
[C] What the commitment to [B] God in vain.
[Em] When we have come this far, always [D] believing [C] that justice would [A] somehow prevail.
[Em] This is the burden, this is the promise, [Am] this is what we [B] will not [E] fail.
[A] Don't let [D] the light [G] go out, it's lasted for so [A] many [Bm] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] [D] the light go out, let it shine through [Em] our love and our tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light go [D] out, it's lasted for [G] so [Bm] many [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love and our tears.
[E] [A] Don't let the light go [E] out, [Am] don't let, [E]
don't let the [Am] light go out.
[N]
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ It _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ says, light one candle, _ a candle on a menorah, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Light a candle for decency, light a candle for hope, _ _ light a universal candle for peace. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Light one candle for the Maccabee children, so their [Em] light didn't [F#] die.
[C] Light one candle for the pain they endured when their right to [B] exist was denied.
[Em] Light [G] one candle for the terrible [C] sacrifice, justice, [A] and freedom demand.
[G] Light one candle [Em] for the wisdom to know [C] when the [D] peacemaker's time is at [E] hand.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [Bm] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our [G] love and our [B] _ [Em] _ tears. _ _ _
_ [A] [G] Light one candle for the strength that we need to never become [Em] our own [C] foe.
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 [C] in, let anger not tear [A] us [Bm] apart.
[G] And light one candle to bind us together [C] with peace [D] as the song [G] in our [Bm] heart.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted [G] for so many [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [B] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light [D] go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [E] years.
[Am] Don't let the light go out, [D] let it shine [G] through our love and [Bm] our tears.
[Em] _ _ _ Values _ _
_ [G] _ _ so highly that [D] we keep it alive [Em] in that flame.
[C] What the commitment to _ _ [B] God in vain.
[Em] When we have come this far, always [D] believing [C] that justice would [A] somehow prevail.
[Em] This is the burden, this is the promise, [Am] this is what we [B] will not [E] fail.
[A] Don't let _ [D] the light [G] go out, it's lasted for so [A] many [Bm] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] [D] the light go out, let it shine through [Em] our love and our tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light go [D] out, it's lasted for [G] so [Bm] many [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love and our tears. _
[E] [A] Don't let the light go [E] out, [Am] don't let, _ [E]
don't let the [Am] light go out.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ says, light one candle, _ a candle on a menorah, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Light a candle for decency, light a candle for hope, _ _ light a universal candle for peace. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Light one candle for the Maccabee children, so their [Em] light didn't [F#] die.
[C] Light one candle for the pain they endured when their right to [B] exist was denied.
[Em] Light [G] one candle for the terrible [C] sacrifice, justice, [A] and freedom demand.
[G] Light one candle [Em] for the wisdom to know [C] when the [D] peacemaker's time is at [E] hand.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [Bm] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [B] [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our [G] love and our [B] _ [Em] _ tears. _ _ _
_ [A] [G] Light one candle for the strength that we need to never become [Em] our own [C] foe.
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 [C] in, let anger not tear [A] us [Bm] apart.
[G] And light one candle to bind us together [C] with peace [D] as the song [G] in our [Bm] heart.
[E] Don't [Am] let the [D] light go out, it's lasted [G] for so many [E] years.
Don't let [Am] the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love [G] and our [B] tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light [D] go out, it's lasted for so [G] many [E] years.
[Am] Don't let the light go out, [D] let it shine [G] through our love and [Bm] our tears.
[Em] _ _ _ Values _ _
_ [G] _ _ so highly that [D] we keep it alive [Em] in that flame.
[C] What the commitment to _ _ [B] God in vain.
[Em] When we have come this far, always [D] believing [C] that justice would [A] somehow prevail.
[Em] This is the burden, this is the promise, [Am] this is what we [B] will not [E] fail.
[A] Don't let _ [D] the light [G] go out, it's lasted for so [A] many [Bm] [E] years.
Don't let [Am] [D] the light go out, let it shine through [Em] our love and our tears.
[E] Don't [Am] let the light go [D] out, it's lasted for [G] so [Bm] many [E] years.
Don't [Am] let the light go out, [D] let it shine through our love and our tears. _
[E] [A] Don't let the light go [E] out, [Am] don't let, _ [E]
don't let the [Am] light go out.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _