ROGERS STAN - "song of the cradle" Tablature

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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 14:39:43 -0400
From: John van Gurp <ab008@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Stan Rogers - Song of the Candle


SONG OF THE CANDLE (1972) - Stan Rogers

capo second fret

G C
I took up my pen tonight, I ...

G Em C
It's like I got religion, ...

G Em C A
An old woman once ...
C G C D
She said "Taken from the ...

Em Bm
a candle might not keep ....

C Bm
But buy another candle son, ...

C G C G C
For one more try, and I had ...

CHORUS 1

Em Bm
Tonight in a room ...

C G
Another cup of ashes ....

Em D
And at times it gets ...

C Bm
Knowing one more simple song ...

C G C G C
And I'm left alone to hear the song ...


Coffee houses bother me, I cannot ....

TO CHORUS 1

The priest I found was nervous. He ....

TO CHORUS 1

One too many cigarettes, ....

CHORUS 2

Tonight I have burned all my ....



Enjoy!! Stan wrote some beauts - this is not the least of them.
It sounds great fingerpicking.

John van Gurp
Halifax, Nova Scotia
ab008@chebucto.ns.ca