Rent -  Light My Candle

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Light My Candle - Rent
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Tabbed by: FinkiusMaximus
Email: dfinkelstein@sjs.org

Tuning: Standard Capo 3


Intro:
C Am C Am



ROGER
C Am
What'd you forget'

MIMI
C Am
Got a light'

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

MIMI
F G
It's nothing they turned off my heat
F G
And I'm just a little weak on my feet
G Am G
Would you light my candle'
N.C.
What are you staring at'

ROGER
C Am C Am C Am
Nothing your hair in the moonlight
C Am G
You look familiar
G
Can you make it'

MIMI
F G
Just haven't eaten much today
F
At least the room stopped spinning
G
Anyway. What'

ROGER
C Am C Am
Nothing your smile reminded me of

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

ROGER
F G
She died. Her name was April.

MIMI
G
It's out again
F G
Sorry about your friend
G Am G
Would you light my candle'

ROGER
G
Well

MIMI
G
Yeah. Ow!

ROGER
G
Oh the wax - it's

MIMI
G
Dripping! I like it - between my

ROGER
G
Fingers I figured ...
G C
Oh well. Goodnight ...
C Am
C Am
It blew out again'

MIMI
C Am
No - I think that I dropped my stash

ROGER
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

MIMI
F G
I'm illin' - I had it when I walked in the door
F G
It was pure - is it on the floor'

ROGER
A
The floor'

MIMI
A G
They say I have the best ass
A G
Below 14th street. Is it true'

ROGER
G
What'

MIMI
A
You're staring again.

ROGER
G
Oh no.
A
I mean you do - have a nice -
C Am
I mean - you look familiar

MIMI
C Am
Like your dead girlfriend'

ROGER
C Am
Only when you smile.
G
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else -

MIMI
F G
Do you go to the Cat Scratch Club'
F G
That's where I work - I dance

ROGER
F G
Yes! They used to tie you up -

MIMI
G
It's a living

ROGER
F G
I didn't recognize you without the handcuffs

MIMI
G Am G
We could light the candle
G Am G
Oh won't you light the candle'

ROGER
C Am C Am
Why don't you forget that stuff
C Am C
You look like you're sixteen

MIMI
Am C Am
I'm nineteen - but I'm old for my age
C Am
I'm just born to be bad

ROGER
C Am G
I once was born to be bad
F
I used to shiver like that

MIMI
G
I have no heat - I told you

ROGER
F
I used to sweat

MIMI
G
I got a cold

ROGER
G
Uh huh
F
I used to be a junkie

MIMI
F
But now and then I like to

ROGER
G
Uh huh

MIMI
G
Feel good

ROGER
F
Oh here it - um

MIMI
F
What's that'

ROGER
G
Candy bar wrapper

MIMI
G Am G
We could light the candle
G Am G
Oh what'd you do with my candle'

ROGER
C Am
That was my last match

MIMI
C Am C
Our eyes'll adjust thank
Am
God for the moon

ROGER
C Am C Am
Maybe it's not the moon at all
C Am
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street

MIMI
C Am
Bah humbug ... Bah humbug

ROGER
F
Cold hands

MIMI
G
Yours too.
F G
Big. Like my father's
F
Do you wanna dance'

ROGER
G
With you'

MIMI
F G
No - with my father

ROGER
G
I'm Roger

MIMI
C Am
They call me
C Am C
They call me Mimi

C


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