Candlelight Carol chords by John Rutter

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G      E minorEm     C majorC       D MajorD
How do you capture the wind on the water?
G+G      E minorEm     C majorC      D MajorD
How do you count all the stars in the sky?
B minorBm           E minorEm    A minorAm
How do you measure the love of a mother
A minorAm       C majorC      D MajorD      G+G
Or how can you write down a baby's first cry?


Chorus:

C majorC      E minorEm      D MajorD       G+G
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
C majorC      G+G      E minorEm     D MajorD
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD      G+G
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo
G+G     E minorEm      D MajorD        G+G
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born

Verse 2:

G+G       E minorEm      C majorC      D MajorD
Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him
G+G     E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD
Seraphim round him their vigil will keep
B minorBm             E minorEm       A minorAm
Nations proclaim him their Lord and their Saviour
A minorAm      C majorC      D MajorD      G+G
But Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep


Chorus:

C majorC      E minorEm      D MajorD       G+G
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
C majorC      G+G      E minorEm     D MajorD
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD      G+G
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo
G+G     E minorEm      D MajorD        G+G
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born


Verse 3:

G+G      E minorEm    C majorC     D MajorD
Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger
G+G     E minorEm    C majorC      D MajorD
Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay
B minorBm          E minorEm     A minorAm
Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD        G+G
A augmentedA child with his mother that first Christmas Day


Chorus:

C majorC      E minorEm      D MajorD       G+G
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
C majorC      G+G      E minorEm     D MajorD
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD      G+G
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo
G+G     E minorEm      D MajorD        G+G