G
Light one candle for the Maccabee children
G Em
With thanks their light didn't die.
C
Light one candle for the pain they endured
C B7
When their right to exist was de-nied.
Em
Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
C A
Justice and freedom demand.
G Em G Em
Light one candle for the wisdom to know
C D G B7
when the peace-makers time is at hand.
[Chorus]
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7 Em
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
(four measures of Em before next verse)
[Verse]
G
Light one candle for the strength that we need
G Em
To never became our own foe.
C
And light one candle for those who are suffering
B7
Pain we learned so long ago.
Em
Light one candle for all we believe in.
C A
Let anger not tear us apart.
G Em G Em
And light one candle to bind us together
C D G B7
With peace as the song in our hearts.
[Chorus]
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7 Em
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
(four measures of Em before next verse)
[Verse]
G
And what is the memory that's valued so highly
Em
That we keep it alive in the flame?
C
What's the commitment for those who have died
B7
We cry out they have not died in vain?
Em
We have come this far, always believing
C A
That judgement will somehow prevail.
G Em G Em
This is the burden! This is the promise!
C D G B7
and this is why we will not fail!
[Chorus]
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E Am
Don't let the light go out.
D G B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
[Outro]
Em Am
Don't let the light go out!
Em Am
Don't let the light go out!
Em Am
Don't let the light go out!
