| D | A | |
| Keep that candle burnin' bright, | mama |
| D | |
| I'll be kind of late tonight, | mama |
| D | A | |
| There's a yellow moon above me, | mama |
| D | |
| Shinin' on the one I love, | mama |
| D | |
| Burn that candle, night and day |
| A | |
| Burn that candle, honey, light our | way |
| D | G | |
| Keep that d | oorway open | wide |
| D | A | D | |
| Until we come slowly | strollin' side by | side |
| D | A | |
| While that candle's shinin' high, | mama |
| D | |
| I'll be with my sugar pie, | mama |
| D | A | |
| We'll be comin' home you know | mama |
| D | |
| Lookin' for that candle glowin', | mama |
| D | |
| Burn that candle, night and day |
| A | |
| Burn that candle, honey, light our | way |
| D | G | |
| Keep that d | oorway open | wide |
| D | A | D | |
| Until we come slowly | strollin' side by | side |
| SOLO in D then end on Bb |
| Eb | Bb | |
| After we have had the wedding, | mama |
| Bb | Eb | |
| To that candle we'll be headin', | mama |
| Bb | |
| So before we're winin' and dinin', | mama |
| Bb | Eb | |
| Keep that candle light a-shinin', | mama |
| Eb | |
| Burn that candle, night and day |
| Bb | |
| Burn that candle, honey, light our | way |
| Eb | Ab | |
| Keep that d | oorway open | wide |
| Eb | Bb | Eb | |
| Until we come slowly | strollin' side by | side |
| From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town" |
| Warner Brothers Records 1978 |
| Screen Gems-EMI Publishing Music(BMI) |