Candles Chords

by Daughter
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author ahhholly [a] 155.
1 contributor total, last edit on Mar 6, 2019
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Chords

Am
G
C

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Difficult to chord this because it's such a 'tabby' song haha
hammer down on the top strings for each chord~~~
(its basically just Am G C the whole way through, if my chords aren't working for you just try them instead!!)
 
Am  G  C
 
Am        G             C
That boy, take me away, into the night 
Am           G                     C
Out of the hum of the street lights and into a forest 
Am        G             C
I'll do whatever you say to me in the dark 
Am                      G             C
Scared I'll be torn apart by a wolf in mask 
            G                  C
a familiar name on a birthday card 
 
Am G C
 
Am                         G                      C
Blow out all the candles, blow out all the candles 
C                            Am
"You're too old to be so shy," 
Am              G           C
he says to me so I stay the night 
Am                  G               C
Just a young heart confusing my mind, 
C
but we're both in silence 
Am    G   C
Wide-eyed, both in silence 
Am   G     C                     Am
Wide-eyed, like we're in a crime scene 
 
G C
            Am                G
Well I have brittle bones it seems 
           C                   Am
I bite my tongue and torch my dreams
        C                Am
Have a little voice to speak with 
       C                   Am
And a mind of thoughts and secrecy
G               C
Things cannot be reversed, 
    Am                       G
we learn from the times that we are cursed 
Am                 G
Things cannot be reversed, 
    Am                     G
we learn from the ones we fear the worst 
    Am                      G
And learn from the ones we hate the most 
 
how to
 
 
Am                         G                      C
Blow out all the candles, blow out all the candles 
C                            Am
"You're too old to be so shy," 
Am              G           C
he says to me so I stay the night 
Am                  G               C
Just a young heart confusing my mind, 
C
but we're both in silence 
Am    G   C
Wide-eyed, both in silence 
Am   G     C
Wide-eyed,
 
C                  Am         G        C
Cause we both know I'll never be your lover
Am      G         C
I only bring the heat
Am       G     C
Company under cover
Am       G             C
Filling space in your sheets
     Am         G    C
Well I'll never be a lover 
Am      G         C
I only bring the heat
Am       G     C
Company under cover
Am       G             C               Am
Filling space in your sheets, in your sheets 
 
G C
 
So, please just
Am                         G                      C
Blow out all the candles, blow out all the candles 
C                            Am
"You're too old to be so shy," 
Am              G           C
he says to me so I stay the night 
Am                  G               C
Just a young heart confusing my mind, 
C
but we're both in silence 
Am    G   C
Wide-eyed, both in silence 
Am   G     C                     Am
Wide-eyed, like we're in a crime scene 
 
G C Am G C ...
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