Candle chords by Peter Hammill

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:
D MajorD                  A minorAm
Look at the candle, as it's life is bought,
              Am6Am6 Am7Am7  A minorAm
as the wick just rolls  over  and  dies;
       Dsus4Dsus4      D MajorD
look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goal
    A minorAm       G+G        D MajorD
and the game they were playing loses its joy
    A minorAm        G+G       D MajorD
and the youth which they played in runs away....

Chorus:
D MajorD  A minorAm     E minorEm   A augmentedA
How long will you be gone?

Verse 2:
D MajorD                      A minorAm
Flames sucks at air now and its breath comes short
       Am6Am6 Am7Am7   A minorAm
as it wavers to half its size;
       Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
vacuum closes in and it attacks the soul.
    A minorAm      G+G         D MajorD
Now the force omnipotent itself is destroyed
    A minorAm      G+G      D MajorD
and for lack of itself it wanes away....

Chorus:
D MajorD  A minorAm    E minorEm   A augmentedA
How long will you be gone?

Verse 3:
D MajorD                 A minorAm
So does my mind fly as I fight my thought -
        Am6Am6 Am7Am7 A minorAm
and I lose, for I cannot find:
       Dsus4Dsus4       D MajorD
sent my eyes long miles, they do not know home!
    A minorAm     G+G          D MajorD
For the life I was part of breathes its last
       A minorAm    G+G        D MajorD
and not only life, but hope has gone away....

Chorus:
D MajorD  A minorAm    E minorEm   A augmentedA
How long will you be gone?
D MajorD  A minorAm    E minorEm   A augmentedA
How long will you be gone?
D MajorD  A minorAm    E minorEm   A augmentedA   D MajorD