C
when societies crumble
             F                 C
and everything's gone
                C             F
and the cars are all rusted away
         C
and there ain't no more money
             F          C
and there's nothing to buy
          Dm                   G
and all that we have is the day

C
when the world becomes silent
      F          C
no planes in the air
     C                         F
when the voices just gather to sing
  C
when the guns are the fence post
         F             C
the cars are the doghouse
      Dm                        G
and the telephones no longer ring

F        C
what, what of the night
  F   C G F
with no electrical light
          G
so what then?

C        F
you, you and the candles
    Dm   G
will be all that i need
C            F
your face bathed in the firelight
    Dm       G
will be all i want to see
F            G
and i'll still sing you a song
      E7         Am G
that will last the whole night long oh
F       G
you, you and the candles

C                   F C
when the grocery stores are all hollow inside
                  F     C
and the airports are filled with a breeze
               F  C
after the anarchy finally subsides
      Dm           G
when you reckon with how it will be

   C
when empires are humbled
         F  C
before the eyes of the people
        F       C
and the truth will be like a parade
    C
when industry's fallen
    F    C
we'll make our own clothes now
    Dm           G
and gifts of our hands rise again

F        C
what, what of the night
  F   C G F
with no electrical light
          G
so what then?

C        F
you, you and the candles
    Dm   G
will be all that i need
C            F
your face bathed in the firelight
    Dm       G
will be all i want to see
F            G
and i'll still sing you a song
      E7         Am G
that will last the whole night long oh
F       G
you, you and the candles

    Dm
in a waste paper basket
    F
the timing's fantastic
    C           G
for lovers to mean what they say
    Dm
and a night lit in candles
    F
on stained wooden mantles
    C           G
keep us safe 'til the night turns to day

C        F
you, you and the storm clouds
 Dm   G
and the puddles at our feet
  C            F
the lightning cuts through the heavens
ch]Dm       G
and light you so briefly
F            G
and i'll still write you a song
   E7         Am G
to last the whole night long
F       G
you, you and the candles
  F           G
Oh,you, you, you. You and the candles.
 C