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Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming

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[Inro]  
A   D    A    A      E   A
[Verse]
The Asweetest songs belong to lDovers in the gAloaming
AThe sweetest dEays are the days that used to Abe
AThe saddest words I've ever hDeard
Were words of pAarting 
WAhen you said,  sweetheEart, remember Ame.
[Chorus]
Remember Dme,  When the candlelight are gAleaming
Remember Eme, At the close of a long, long dAay
It would be so sweDet  When all alone I'm dAreaming
JAust to know, you sEtill remember Ame
[Verse]
YAou told me oAnce, 
That you were miDne alone fAorever
And I was yEours till the end of eterniAty
But all those vows are broken nDow
And we will nAever 
ABe the same, exceEpt in memAory
[Chorus]
Remember Dme,  When the candlelight are gAleaming
Remember Eme, At the close of a long, long dAay
It would be so sweDet  When all alone I'm dAreaming
JAust to know, you sEtill remember Ame
[Verse]
A brAighter face may take my pDlace
When we're aApart dear
A sweeter sEmile 
And a love more bold than fAree
BAut in the end fair-weather frDiends
May break your hAeart dear
IAf they do, sweetheEart, remember mAe
[Chorus]
Remember Dme,  When the candlelight are gAleaming
Remember Eme, At the close of a long, long dAay
It would be so sweDet  When all alone I'm dAreaming
JuAst to know, you sEtill remember Ame
JuAst to know, you sEtill remember Ame

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Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming

by John Prine

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[Inro]

A D A A E A

[Verse]

A D A

The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming

A E A

The sweetest days are the days that used to be

A D

The saddest words I've ever heard

Were words of parting

A E A

When you said, sweetheart, remember me.

[Chorus]

D A

Remember me, When the candlelight are gleaming

E A

Remember me, At the close of a long, long day

D A

It would be so sweet When all alone I'm dreaming

A E A

Just to know, you still remember me

[Verse]

A A

You told me once,

D A

That you were mine alone forever

E A

And I was yours till the end of eternity

But all those vows are broken now

And we will never

A E A

Be the same, except in memory

[Chorus]

D A

Remember me, When the candlelight are gleaming

E A

Remember me, At the close of a long, long day

D A

It would be so sweet When all alone I'm dreaming

A E A

Just to know, you still remember me

[Verse]

A D

A brighter face may take my place

When we're apart dear

A sweeter smile

And a love more bold than free

A D

But in the end fair-weather friends

May break your heart dear

A E A

If they do, sweetheart, remember me

[Chorus]

D A

Remember me, When the candlelight are gleaming

E A

Remember me, At the close of a long, long day

D A

It would be so sweet When all alone I'm dreaming

A E A

Just to know, you still remember me

A E A

Just to know, you still remember me

About Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming Chords by John Prine

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The chords for "Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming" show the original chord names (including A, D, E). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.