Burn That Candle Chords
Burn That Candle by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, Bb, Eb and Ab. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
D A
Keep that candle burnin' bright, mama
D
I'll be kind of late tonight, mama
D A
There's a yellow moon above me, mama
D
Shinin' on the one I love, mama
D
Burn that candle, night and day
A
Burn that candle, honey, light our way
D G
Keep that doorway open wide
D A D
Until we come slowly strollin' side by side
D A
While that candle's shinin' high, mama
D
I'll be with my sugar pie, mama
D A
We'll be comin' home you know mama
D
Lookin' for that candle glowin', mama
D
Burn that candle, night and day
A
Burn that candle, honey, light our way
D G
Keep that doorway open wide
D A D
Until we come slowly strollin' side by side
SOLO in D then end on Bb
Eb Bb
After we have had the wedding, mama
Bb Eb
To that candle we'll be headin', mama
Bb
So before we're winin' and dinin', mama
Bb Eb
Keep that candle light a-shinin', mama
Eb
Burn that candle, night and day
Bb
Burn that candle, honey, light our way
Eb Ab
Keep that doorway open wide
Eb Bb Eb
Until we come slowly strollin' side by side