O Christmas Candle chords by Tom T. Hall

Intro: D A D

Verse
D
Oh Christmas candle please light up the way
A                            D
back to my memories of yesterday
D
cicles hanging on evergreen trees
A                                  D
buttery snowflakes that fell on my cheeks (+measure)

G                        D
Mama's sweet singing and Daddy's big hands
        D         A        D
And Christmas all over the land

Verse
D
Oh Christmas candle please light up the way
   A                                   D
to when I would ride on a small wooden sleigh
D
riding on snow just as pure as the heart
   A                                D
of sweet baby Jesus in his mother's arms

G                           D
Starlight that glistened on snow covered hills
     D             A        D
when Christmas was holy and still

turnaround
D A D

Verse
D
Oh, Christmas candle please light up the way
A                              D
into the past and the innocent days
D
when we were just children with hearts full of trust
    A                                       D
and we thought that Christmas was all about us

G                          D
There by the fireside with sweet smelling wood
D                      A           D        G
we made a promise that we would be good

KEY CHANGE turnaround
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Verse
G
Oh, Christmas candle please light up the way
D                                        G
I want to go back there for one Christmas day
G
be with my loved ones and breathe in the air
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I light this candle and send up this prayer

C                           G
Starlight that glistened on snow covered hills
G                  D        G
when Christmas was holy and still

coda
G
Oh, Christmas candle
G
please light up the way