| E | A/F# | Gm/13 | E/G# | |
| I light a | candle | to our | love. |
| A9 | E/G# | F#m7 | A/B | |
| In love our | problems | disap- | pear |
| E | A/F# | Gm/13 | E/G# | |
| but all in | all we | soon dis | cover |
| A9 | E/G# | G13 | B7sus4 | C | |
| that one and | one is | all we | long to h | ear. |
| C | |
| A | ll round the world, |
| Bm | Em | |
| little c | hildren being | born to the world. |
| F | Am | G | F | |
| Got to g | ive them all we | can till the war i | s w | on, |
| C | G/B | |
| th | en will the work be | done. |
| Dm | Dm/C# | |
| H | elp them to | learn |
| Dm/C | G/B | C | C/B | |
| songs of | joy, instead of b | urn, baby, | burn. |
| Am7 G#º Am G F |
| Let us show them how to play the pipes of peace. |
| Am | G | FMaj7 | F/G | |
| P | lay the p | ipes of | peace. |
| Inter:(Am G F C Em Am G F Em) |
| Help them to learn |
| songs of joy, instead of burn, baby, burn. |
| Won't you show me how to play the pipes of peace? |
| Play the pipes of peace, uh, uh. |
| What do you say? |
| Will the human race be run in a day? |
| Or will someone save this planet we're playing on? |
| Is it the only one? What are we going to do? |
| Help them to see |
| that the people here are like you and me. |
| Let us show them how to play the pipes of peace. |
| Play the pipes of peace. |
| I light a candle to our love.... |
| B7sus4-B7 | C | G/B | Am | E | |
| we | long to h | ear. |