E                        C#m
  Not a hot cup of coffee, nor a cold glass of tea
       A                             E
  Ever crossed your lips, in my company
  E                                      C#m
  Straight bourbon whiskey, was all we'd abide
                            A                         E
  So let's don't hold back, now we've got nothing to hide


[Verse]
               E                    C#m
  So much we savored yet so much we missed
           A                                E
  You know I never meant you to see me like this
                       E                             C#m
  Just a faint distant flicker, from the last of the storm
             A                                    E
  You know a taste of that liquor, could do me no harm


[Chorus]
             C#m    A           E
  Light me a candle, light me a fire
                  B                 A     E
  Come sit by the window, with the shades drawn
                    C#m              A         E
  To the best of intentions, and the worst of desires
                     B                 A    E
  We'll leave by the Gulf Road, in the gray dawn


[Verse]
                       E                           C#m
  Take a short handled shovel, take a long handled hoe
     A                              E  
  Cover my bones when the west wind blows
                E                  C#m
  Smooth it off even, pack it down hard
                  A                       E               
  I'll no more be here, but I'll never be far
                  A                       E
  I'll no more be here, but I'll never be far


[Chorus]
             C#m    A           E
  Light me a candle, light me a fire
                  B                 A     E
  Come sit by the window, with the shades drawn
                    C#m              A         E
  To the best of intentions, and the worst of desires
                     B                 A    E
  We'll leave by the Gulf Road, in the gray dawn