Misc Musicals – Rent - Light My Candle (Ukulele)

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[Intro] C Am C Am [Verse 1]
C           Am
What'd you forget?

C       Am
Got a light?

C       Am   G
I know you - you're - you're shivering

F                   G
It's nothing they turned off my heat

F                   G
And I'm just a little weak on my feet
[Chorus]
G                   Am     G
Would you light my candle?
[Verse 2] N.C. What are you staring at?
C    Am       C            Am    C   Am
Nothing, your hair in the moonlight

G
You look familiar

G       
Can you make it?

F            G
Just haven't eaten much today

              F             
At least the room stopped spinning

G
Anyway. What?

C    Am        C     Am
Nothing, your smile reminded me of

C    Am                     G
I always remind people of - who is she?

F                      G
She died. Her name was April.

G
It's out again

F                G
Sorry about your friend
[Chorus]
G                   Am        G
Would you light my candle?
[Interlude]
G
Well

G
Yeah. Ow!

G
Oh, the wax - it's

G
Dripping! I like it between my-

G
Fingers, I figured ...

G           C
Oh, well. Goodnight ...
C Am [Verse 3]
C     Am
It blew out again?

        C            Am
No - I think that I dropped my stash

  C          Am       C       Am
I know I've seen you out and about

         C      Am
When I used to go out,

      G
Your candle's out

   F              G
I'm illin' - I had it when I walked in the door

F              G 
It was pure - is it on the floor?

  A
The floor?

A                         G    
They say I have the best ass

       A                   G
Below 14th street. Is it true?

 G
What?

A
You're staring again.

G
Oh no.

G            N.C
I mean you do - have a nice -

          C          Am
I mean - you look familiar

C          Am
Like your dead girlfriend?

C         Am
Only when you smile.

G
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else - 

F                 G
Do you go to the Cat Scratch Club?

       F              G
That's where I work - I dance

        F                 G
Yes! They used to tie you up - 
N.C. It's a living
 F                  G
I didn't recognize you without the handcuffs
[Chorus]
G                   Am       G
We could light the candle

G                      Am       G
Oh won't you light the candle?
[Verse 4]
C       Am      C         Am
Why don't you forget that stuff

C              Am       C     
You look like you're sixteen

     Am                C     Am
I'm nineteen - but I'm old for my age

      C      Am
I'm just born to be bad

  C         Am         G
I once was born to be bad

          F
I used to shiver like that

     G
I have no heat - I told you

     F
I used to sweat

   G
I got a cold

G                      F
Uh huh, I used to be a junkie

F
But now and then I like to

G
Uh huh

G
Feel good

F 
Oh, here it - um

F
What's that?

G
Candy bar wrapper
[Chorus]
G                   Am      G
We could light the candle

G                          Am       G
Oh, what'd you do with my candle?
[Verse 5]
C                Am
That was my last match

C            Am      C
Our eyes'll adjust, thank

Am
God for the moon

C       Am         C        Am
Maybe it's not the moon at all

          C                       Am
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street

           C Am
Bah humbug ... Bah humbug

F
Cold hands

G
Yours too.

F              G
Big. Like my father's

F
Do you wanna dance?

G
With you?

F         G
No - with my father

G
I'm Roger

C    Am
They call me

C    Am        C
They call me Mimi
C