Chords
Candle In The Wind - Original Version

Key: E

Introduction:

E                                                                                      A  
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
                                     E                                                                                                                 A  
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled
                                                                  E                                              A  
They crawled out of the woodwork and they whispered into your brain
                                                     E                                                                                                      A  
They sent you on a treadmill and they made you change your name
  B                                                                                      B7  
And it seems to me you lived your life
                     E                                 A  
Like a candle in the wind
                     E                                                                                 B  
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
                  A                                                                                                            C#m  
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
                                                                B                                         A                                    G#m  F#mE  BA  G#mF$m  E  
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
E                                                                                            A  
Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played
                                                        E                                                                                              A  
Hollywood created a superstar and pain was the price you paid
                                                  E                                 A  
And even when you died, oh, the press still hounded you
                                          E                                                                                                                    A  
All the papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nude
                     B                                                                    B7  
And it seems to me you lived your life
                     E                                 A  
Like a candle in the wind
                  E                                                                                    B  
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
                     A                                                                                                         C#m  
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
                                                                B                                         A                                    G#m  F#mE  BA  G#mF$m  E  
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
E                                                                                      A  
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
                                  E                                                                                                                      A  
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled
E                                                                                    A  
Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man in the twenty second row
                                                                                                  E                                                                                              A  
Who sees you as something more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn Monroe
  B                                                                                      B7  
And it seems to me you lived your life
                     E                                 A  
Like a candle in the wind
                     E                                                                                 B  
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
                  A                                                                                                            C#m  
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
                                                                B                                         A                                    G#m  F#mE  BA  G#mF$m  E  
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did