Candle On The Water Chords

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Candle On The Water by Al Kasha is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, F, G, Am, Bb, E, C7, Dm7, Am7, D7, C6, Em, Bb6, Fm and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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C                 G7            F     G    
    I'll be your candle on the water 
C                 Am     F         Bb       
    My love for you will always burn 
G     E            Am       C7 
    I know you're lost and drifting 
F                        C 
    But the clouds are lifting 
    F          G7        C      Am         Dm7  G7 
    Don't give up you'll have somewhere to turn 


C                 G7            F     G    
    I'll be your candle on the water 
C                 Am     F         Bb     
    Till ev'ry wave is warm and bright 
G       E        Am     C7 
    My soul is there beside you 
F                        C 
    Let this candle guide you 
    F          G7        C      Am       Dm7  G7 
    Soon you'll see a golden stream of light 


Bb                  C                 Bb         F              
    A cold and friendless tide has found you 
Bb                  C7            F  
    Don't let the stormy darkness pull you down 
Am7             D7              C6           G  
    I'll paint a ray of hope around you 
    F                Em   
    Circling in the air 
    F              Bb6        G7  
    Lighted by a prayer 


C                 G7            F     G    
    I'll be your candle on the water 
C                 Am     F         Bb        
    This flame inside of me will grow 
G         E        Am       C7 
    Keep holding on you'll make it 
F                        C 
    Here's my hand so take it 
    F               G7           C    C7  
    Look for me reaching out to show 
         F      Fm     C 
    As sure as rivers flow 
Dm       G7            C     G  
    I'll never let you go 
F         G7            C     G  
    I'll never let you go 
Am       G              C   F-G C 
    I'll never let you go 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante