Key: E
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#m
EB
AG#m
F$mE
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
E
A
Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played
E
A
Hollywood created a superstar and pain was the price you paid
E
A
And even when you died, oh, the press still hounded you
E
A
All the papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nude
B
B7
And it seems to me you lived your life
E
A
Like a candle in the wind
E
B
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
A
C#m
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
B
A
G#m
F#m
EB
AG#m
F$mE
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#m
EB
AG#m
F$mE
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did