G
Light one candle for the Maccabee children
G                              Em
With thanks their light didn't die.
C
Light one candle for the pain they endured
C                                B7
When their right to exist was de-nied.
Em
Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
C                   A
Justice and freedom demand.
G         Em             G         Em
Light one candle for the wisdom to know
         C            D          G     B7
when the peace-makers time is at hand.


[Chorus]
E             Am
Don't let the light go out.
     D                  G     B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E              Am
Don't let the light go out.
       D                              G   B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
E             Am
Don't let the light go out.
     D                  G     B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E              Am
Don't let the light go out.
       D                              G   B7  Em
Let it shine through our love and our tears.

(four measures of Em before next verse)


[Verse]
G
Light one candle for the strength that we need
G                       Em
To never became our own foe.
C
And light one candle for those who are suffering
                        B7
Pain we learned so long ago.
Em
Light one candle for all we believe in.
C                       A
Let anger not tear us apart.
G             Em        G         Em
And light one candle to bind us together
     C            D           G     B7
With peace as the song in our hearts.


[Chorus]
E             Am
Don't let the light go out.
     D                  G     B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E              Am
Don't let the light go out.
       D                              G   B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
E             Am
Don't let the light go out.
     D                  G     B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E              Am
Don't let the light go out.
       D                              G   B7  Em
Let it shine through our love and our tears.

(four measures of Em before next verse)


[Verse]
G
And what is the memory that's valued so highly
                             Em
That we keep it alive in the flame?
C
What's the commitment for those who have died
                                 B7
We cry out they have not died in vain?
Em
We have come this far, always believing
C                           A
That judgement will somehow prevail.
G           Em      G           Em
This is the burden! This is the promise!
    C           D           G  B7
and this is why we will not fail!


[Chorus]
E             Am
Don't let the light go out.
     D                  G     B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E              Am
Don't let the light go out.
       D                              G   B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.
E             Am
Don't let the light go out.
     D                  G     B7
It's lasted for so many years.
E              Am
Don't let the light go out.
       D                              G   B7
Let it shine through our love and our tears.


[Outro]
Em            Am
Don't let the light go out!
Em            Am
Don't let the light go out!
Em            Am
Don't let the light go out!