Candlelight Carol

	  		
verse 1 

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How do you capture the wind on the water? 
G           Em          C            D  
How do you count all the stars in the sky? 
Bm                     Em        Am 
How do you measure the love of a mother 
Am              C           D           G 
Or how can you write down a baby's first cry? 

C            Em           D             G  
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow 
C            G           Em          D 
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 
C       Em      D           G 
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo  
G          Em           D               G 
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born 



verse 2 

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Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him 
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Seraphim round him their vigil will keep 
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Nations proclaim him their Lord and their Saviour 
Am            C            D           G 
But Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep 

C            Em           D             G 
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow 
C            G           Em          D 
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 
C       Em      D           G 
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo  
G          Em           D               G 
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born
 

verse 3 

G           Em        C         D 
Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger 
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Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay 
Bm                    Em         Am 
Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation 
Am               C           D               G 
A child with his mother that first Christmas Day 

C            Em           D             G 
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow 
C            G           Em          D 
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 
C       Em      D           G 
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo  
G          Em           D               G 
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born