Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming

John Prine

key: A Tuning: E A D G B E
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[Verse]
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The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming
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The sweetest days are the days that used to be
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The saddest words I've ever heard
               A
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
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And I was yours till the end of eternity
                               D
But all those vows are broken now
             A                  
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
            A
When we're apart dear
           E
A sweeter smile 
                           A
And a love more bold than free
 A                            D
But in the end fair-weather friends
                A
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
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