Key: B
Introduction: B B7 E B7 E B
E A
Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts
B7 E A E A
You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart
F A
You called out to our country, and you whispered, to those in pain
E A
Now you belong to heaven, and the stars spell out your name .
B B7 E A
And it seems to me you lived your life, like a candle in the wind
E E4 B
Never fading with the sunset, when the rain, set in
A C#m
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills
B A G#m F#m E
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.
E A
Loveliness we've lost, these empty days without your smile
B7 E A E A
This torch we'll always carry, for our nation's golden child
F A
And even though we try, the truth brings us to tears
E A
All our words cannot express the joy, you brought us through the years.
B B7 E A
And it seems to me you lived your life, like a candle in the wind
E E4 E B
Never fading with the sunset, when the rain, set in
A C#m
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills
B A G#m F#m E
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.
E A
Goodbye England's rose, may you ever, grow in our hearts
B7 E A E A
You were the grace that placed itself, where lives were torn apart
E A
Goodbye England's rose, from a country lost without your soul
B7 E A E A
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion, more than you'll ever know.
B B7 E A
And it seems to me you lived your life, like a candle in the wind
E E4 E B
Never fading with the sunset, when the rain, set in
A C#m
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills
B A G#m F#m E
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.
Outro...
A C#m
And your footsteps will always fall here among England's greenest hills
B A G#m F#m E
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.