Chords for Stan Rogers - Song of the Candle

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I took up my pen tonight _ [D] _
I couldn't seem to write
_ _ [A] It's like I got [F#m] religion _ [D] and then I lost the _ _ _ [A] light
An old [F#m] woman once told me [D] she'd always felt [B] that way
_ She _ [D] said taken from the [A] mold _ while it [E] still can run
[F#m] A candle might not keep you from the [C#m] cold _ But _ [E] _ _ [D] _ buy another candle son, [F#m] it's [C#m] not too
much to pay _ For [D] one more try I had to smile before I
[A] walked away _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ Coffee houses bother me, _
[D] I cannot tell you
_ why _
[A] But it never seems [F#m] so low, sounds [D] as sweet
as goodbye And _
[A] the waitresses in [F#m] passing will [D] remember
all your [B] name _ _ _ _ [D] They say look around [A] and try, _ [D] you need a [E] single
eye _ [F#m] And empty cups will mock me if [C#m] I stay
_ But _ _ [D] _
_ buy another coffee stand, now [C#m] it's not too much to pay
And [D]
we will try to raise your smile before you walk _ [A] away _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Tonight _ in our _ room full [C#m] of candles _ _ _ _ Another [D] _ _ cup of ashes drains [A] away
_ [D] _ _
[A] _ And [F#m] at times it gets so _ _ [E] hard to handle _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ Knowing one more simple [F#m] song [C#m] has swiftly taken
wing [Bm] _ [D] And I'm left alone to hear the [Bm] song [D] a lonely
[A] candle _ sings _ _ _ The [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ priest I found was nervous, _
[D] he cleared
his throat a lot _ But [A] _ _ framed in [F#m] stained glass windows [D] his eyes
were lost in thought And I said, [A] _ father [F#m] can you tell me [D] is some
happiness [B] my right _ He _ _ [D] said rather seek [A] your joy, _ [D] the blessings
[E] of your God _
_ _ [F#m] _ Happiness from worship in his [C#m] sight
And _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ buy another candle son [C#m] before you start to pray _
[D] And don't forget to cross your breast _ before you walk [A] away _
_ _ Tonight _ [F#] _ _
in our room full of [C#m] candles _ _ Another _ _ [D] _ _
cup of madness drains [A] away _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] And at times it gets so _ _ [E] hard to handle _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Knowing one more simple song [C#] has swiftly [C#m] taken wing
And [D] I'm left [Bm] alone [D] to hear the [Bm] song [D] a lonely [A] candle _ sings _ _
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_ [A] _ One too many cigarettes _ _ [D] _ slowly burning down _
[A] _ _ The [G#] final cup of [F#m] coffee was _ [D] cold and full
of [A] grounds _ And [C#m] maybe one [F#m] last _ pipeful [D] might send the
[B] words around _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Still underneath [A] my hands [D] this night has [E] slipped
_ _ _ [F#m] away It leaves me as empty [C#m] as this page _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ One more candle flickers out, [C#m] _ the night is turning gray
[E] _ [D] And I just can't watch the dying flame I have to walk [A] away
_ _ _ So _ _
[F#] tonight I have burned [F#m] all [C#m] my candles _ _ _ Leaving [D] _ _ only ashes in their [A] way
_ _ _ And [F#m] at times I get so _
[E] _ hard to handle _ _ [C#m] _
[D] _ The simple songs leave me behind
[C#] They [C#m] all have taken wing [D] And I'm left alone to hear the [Bm]
[D] song
A lonely candle sings _
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