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Candle

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1/6

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 6Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

e|-Am0---Bm2---D5---Em0---F#m2---G3-|
B|-1---3---7---0---2---3-|
G|-2---4---7---0---2---4-|
D|-2---4---7---2---4---5-|
A|-0---2---5---2---4---5-|
E|-x---x---x---0---2---3-|
[Intro]
Bm   Em  D
[Verse 1]
 I'm like Bmten thousand miles from Emyou
 And there's like Dten thousand girls in view
 They're try'na Bmsay they're with me
 Get their Emdrink on for free
 Tryna Dget to my hotel room 
[Pre-Chorus]
 Back it Bmup, back it up, back it Emup
 I ain't tryna do Dnothing, nah nah
 Back it Bmup, back it up, back it Emup
 All I want is my Bmwoman
[Chorus]
        N.C.                      Bm        Em  D  
 'Cause they don't hold a candle to you, to you
 You're my better handBmful, it's Emtrue, it's Dtrue
 Ain't nobody taking your Bmplace
 EmYou're the only body I Dpraise
 They don't hold a canBmdle
 Yeah, Emthey don't hold a canDdle
    N.C.
 To you
Bm  Em  D
[Verse 2]
 She got that Bmdress on to show her Emcurves
 And she came Dbackstage to do some work
 I knew when Bmshe said hello
 She was Emready to go
 Ran her Dfinger down my shirt
[Pre-Chorus]
 Back it Bmup, back it up, back it Emup
 I ain't tryna do Dnothing, nah nah
 Back it Bmup, back it up, back it Emup
 All I want is my Bmwoman, my woman
[Chorus]
        N.C.                      Bm        Em  D  
 'Cause they don't hold a candle to you, to you
 You're my better handBmful, it's Emtrue, it's Dtrue
 Ain't nobody taking your Bmplace
 EmYou're the only body I Dpraise
 They don't hold a canBmdle
 Yeah, Emthey don't hold a canDdle
    N.C.
 To you
[Bridge]
 DTo youF#m  
 Cause no one puts their hands Amon me like Gyou 
 Yeah, nothing ever burns like Dyour flame
 That's why I went and give you F#mmy name
 'Cause they don't hold a canAmdle
 No one holds a canGdle
    N.C.
 To you
[Outro]
 Ain't nobody taking your Bmplace
 EmYou're the only body I Dpraise
 They don't hold a canBmdle
 Yeah, Emthey don't hold a canDdle
    N.C.
 To you

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Candle

by Guy Sebastian

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Am Bm D Em F#m G

e|-0---2---5---0---2---3-|

B|-1---3---7---0---2---3-|

G|-2---4---7---0---2---4-|

D|-2---4---7---2---4---5-|

A|-0---2---5---2---4---5-|

E|-x---x---x---0---2---3-|

[Intro]

Bm Em D

[Verse 1]

Bm Em

I'm like ten thousand miles from you

And there's like ten thousand girls in view

They're try'na say they're with me

Get their drink on for free

Tryna get to my hotel room

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm Em

Back it up, back it up, back it up

I ain't tryna do nothing, nah nah

Bm Em

Back it up, back it up, back it up

All I want is my woman

[Chorus]

Bm Em D

N.C.

'Cause they don't hold a candle to you, to you

Bm Em D

You're my better handful, it's true, it's true

Ain't nobody taking your place

Em D

You're the only body I praise

They don't hold a candle

Em D

Yeah, they don't hold a candle

N.C.

To you

Bm Em D

[Verse 2]

Bm Em

She got that dress on to show her curves

And she came backstage to do some work

I knew when she said hello

She was ready to go

Ran her finger down my shirt

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm Em

Back it up, back it up, back it up

I ain't tryna do nothing, nah nah

Bm Em

Back it up, back it up, back it up

All I want is my woman, my woman

[Chorus]

Bm Em D

N.C.

'Cause they don't hold a candle to you, to you

Bm Em D

You're my better handful, it's true, it's true

Ain't nobody taking your place

Em D

You're the only body I praise

They don't hold a candle

Em D

Yeah, they don't hold a candle

N.C.

To you

[Bridge]

D F#m

To you

Am G

Cause no one puts their hands on me like you

Yeah, nothing ever burns like your flame

F#m

That's why I went and give you my name

'Cause they don't hold a candle

No one holds a candle

N.C.

To you

[Outro]

Ain't nobody taking your place

Em D

You're the only body I praise

They don't hold a candle

Em D

Yeah, they don't hold a candle

N.C.

To you

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