John Prine – Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming (Guitar)

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[Inro] A D A A E A [Verse]
    A                         D             A
The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming

A             E                             A
The sweetest days are the days that used to be

A                            D
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

           E                          A
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