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What’d you (Dm)for get?
Your (F)smile Got (Dm)a light?
ed me.
I (F)know ways you, (Dm)mind peo you’re, of.
you’re shiv er ing.
It’s noth ing, they (C)turned off my heat.
a gain.
And I’m just a lit tle (C)weak on ’bout my friend.
feet.
(Am)Would you light my
can dle?
What are you star ing at?
Noth (Dm)ing.
Your (F)hair in (Dm)the moon (F)light.
You look (Dm)fa mil iar.
Can you make it?
Just have n’t eat (C)en much to day, at least the (Bb)room stopped spin ning (C)an y way.
What?
What’d Noth (Dm)ing.
get?
Your (F)smile re (Dm)mind light?
ed me.
I (F)al ways re (Dm)mind peo ple of.
Who is er she?
It’s Her name was (C)A pril.
It’s out a gain.
And I’m just a lit tle (C)Sor ry ’bout your friend.
feet.
(Am)Would you light my
can dle?
What are you star ing at?
Noth (Dm)ing.
Your (F)hair in (Dm)the moon (F)light.
You look (Dm)fa mil iar.
Can you make it?
Just have n’t eat (C)en much to day, at least the (Bb)room stopped spin ning (C)an y way.
What?
It blew (F)out a gain?
No, I (F)think that I (Dm)dropped my stash.
I know (Dm)I’ve seen you out and a (Dm)bout, when I (F)used to go (Dm)out.
Your can (Dm)dle’s out.
I’m ill in’, I (C)had it when I walked in the door.
It was pure.
(C)Is it on the floor?
They say that I have the best (G7)ass be low Four teenth Street.
Is it true?
What?
You’re star in’ a gain.
Oh, no.
I mean, you do.
You look (Dm)fa mil iar.
Like your dead (Dm)girl friend?
(F)On ly when (Dm)you smile, but I’m (F)sure I’ve (Dm)seen you some where (Bb)else.
Do you go to the (C)Cat Scratch Club?
(Bb)That’s where I work, I (C)dance.
Yes!
They used to tie you (C)up.
It’s a liv ing.
I did n’t rec og nize (C)you with out the hand cuffs.
(Am)We could light the can dle
Oh, won’t you light the can
dle?
Why (Dm)don’t you for (F)get that (Dm)stuff?
You look like (Dm)you’re six teen.
I’m nine (Dm)teen, but I’m (F)old (Dm)for my age.
I’m just (Dm)born to be (F)bad.
I (Dm)once was (F)born to (Dm)be bad.
I used to shiv er like (C)that.
I used to (Bb)sweat.
I got a (C)cold.
Uh huh.
I used to be a (Bb)junk ie.
Now and then I like to feel good.
(Am)We could light the can dle.
Oh, what’d you do with my can dle?
That was my (F)last match.
Our eyes ’ll ad (Dm)just.
Thank God (Dm)for the moon.
(F)May be it’s (Dm)not the moon at (F)all.
I hear (F)Spike Lee’s (Dm)shoot in’ down the (F)street.
Bah, (Dm)hum bug.
Bah, (Dm)hum bug.
Cold hands.
Yours, too.
Bare,
like my fa ther’s.
With you?
No,
with my fa ther.
I’m Rog er.
(Dm)They call me, (Dm)they call me (Dm)Mi
(F)mi.
This page shows “Light My Candle” by Jonathan Larson in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 120 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.