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Light My Candle Tab

by Rent


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			     Light My Candle - Rent
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Tuning: Standard, Capo 3


Intro:
      



ROGER
           
What'd you forget?

MIMI
       
Got a light?

ROGER
                       
I know you - you're - you're shivering

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

ROGER
                              
Nothing, your hair in the moonlight
                
You look familiar
       
Can you make it?

MIMI
            
Just haven't eaten much today
                           
At least the room stopped spinning

Anyway. What?

ROGER
                 
Nothing, your smile reminded me of

MIMI
                         
I always remind people of - who is she?

ROGER
                      
She died. Her name was April.

MIMI

It's out again
                
Sorry about your friend
                           
Would you light my candle?

ROGER

Well

MIMI

Yeah. Ow!

ROGER

Oh, the wax - it's

MIMI

Dripping! I like it - between my

ROGER

Fingers, I figured ...
           
Oh, well. Goodnight ...
    
     
It blew out again?

MIMI
                    
No - I think that I dropped my stash

ROGER
                          
I know I've seen you out and about
               
When I used to go out,
      
Your candle's out

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

ROGER
  
The floor?

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

ROGER
 
What?

MIMI

You're staring again.

ROGER

Oh no.
         
I mean you do - have a nice -
                    
I mean - you look familiar

MIMI
          
Like your dead girlfriend?

ROGER
         
Only when you smile.

But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else - 

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

ROGER
                         
Yes! They used to tie you up - 

MIMI

It's a living

ROGER
                   
I didn't recognize you without the handcuffs

MIMI
                          
We could light the candle
                             
Oh won't you light the candle?

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

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

ROGER
                    
I once was born to be bad
          
I used to shiver like that

MIMI
     
I have no heat - I told you

ROGER
     
I used to sweat

MIMI
   
I got a cold

ROGER

Uh huh
                   
I used to be a junkie

MIMI

But now and then I like to

ROGER

Uh huh

MIMI

Feel good

ROGER
 
Oh, here it - um

MIMI

What's that?

ROGER

Candy bar wrapper

MIMI
                         
We could light the candle
                                 
Oh, what'd you do with my candle?

ROGER
                
That was my last match

MIMI
                  
Our eyes'll adjust, thank

God for the moon

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

MIMI
            
Bah humbug ... Bah humbug

ROGER

Cold hands

MIMI

Yours too.
              
Big. Like my father's

Do you wanna dance?

ROGER

With you?

MIMI
         
No - with my father

ROGER

I'm Roger

MIMI
    
They call me
            
They call me Mimi






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