Candlelight Carol Chords & Tabs
Couldn't find guitar chords for this carol anywhere, so I notated them myself.
Original choral piece in Gb, transposed down 2 half steps to E, with optional key
change to F. Progressions accurate to the original.
E C#m A B
How do you capture the wind on the water?
E C#m A Bsus-B
How do you count all the stars in the sky?
D#dim G#m C#m F#m
How can you measure the love of a mother
D A B E
Or how can you write down a baby's first cry?
F#m E B E
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star glow
A E C#m F#7 B
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
A B A E
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo!
A E B E
Angels are singing the Christ child is born
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cambridge_singers/candlelight_carol_crd.html ]
E C#m A B
Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him
E C#m A Bsus-B
Seraphim round him their vigil will keep
D#dim G#m C#m F#m
Nations proclaim him their Lord and their Savior
D A B E
But Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep
F#m E B E
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star glow
A E C#m F#7 B
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
A B A E
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo!
A E B E
Angels are singing the Christ child is born
F Dm Bb C
Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger
F Dm Bb Csus-C
Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay
Edim Am Dm Gm
Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation
Eb Bb C F
A child with his mother that first Christmas Day
Gm F C F
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star glow
Bb F Dm G7 C
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
Bb C Bb F
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Bb F Bb C F
Angels are singing the Christ child is born
