Verse:
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.

Em

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.

Em

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!
 Dit arrangement is de eigen interpretatie van de inzender, gedeeld voor privéstudie, educatie en niet-commercieel gebruik. Het onderliggende nummer, de songtekst en de muziek blijven eigendom van hun rechthebbenden. Om verwijdering aan te vragen, zie Juridische verklaring.