I like to play this with a Capo on 2 and in 3/4 time. A poor substitute for Hawksley's version but at least it's recognizable. 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 D- 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 D- 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 D- G will be all that i need C F your face bathed in the firelight D- G will be all i want to see F G and i'll still sing you a song E7 A- G that will last the whole night long oh F G you, you and the candles when the grocery stores are hollow inside and the airports are filled with a breeze after the anarchy finally subsides when you reckon with how it will be when empires are humbled before the eyes of the people and the truth will be like a parade when industry's fallen we'll make our own clothes now and gifts of our hands rise again and what, what of the night with no electrical light so what then? you, you and the candles will be all that i need your face bathed in the firelight will be all i want to see and i'll still sing you a song that will last the whole night long you, you and the candles in a waste paper basket the timing's fantastic for lovers to mean what they say and a night lit in candles on stained wooden mantles keep us safe 'til the night turns to day you, you and the storm clouds and the puddles at our feet the lightning cuts through the heavens and light you so briefly and i'll still write you a song to last the whole night long you, you and the candles you, you and the candles