Candle in the Wind

Intro: 0:00
A | G G:Em7 | D | A A7

Verse 1: 0:07
 D
Goodbye Norma Jean,
               G
Though I never   knew you at all.
                      D
You had the grace to hold yourself
                         G     C G
While those around you crawled.
0:22
                         D
They crawled out of the woodwork
                   G
And they whispered   into your brain.
                      D
They set you on the treadmill
                               G   C G
And they made you change your name.

Chorus: 0:38
        A                          A7
And it seems to me you lived your life
        D             G
Like a candle in the wind,
        D
Never knowing who to cling to
          A
When the rain set in.
0:53
       G
And I would have liked to have known you,
           Bm
But I was just a kid.
                        A
Your candle burned out long before
      G
Your legend ever did.

Instrumental: 1:05
G G:Em7 | D | D | A
G G:Em7 | D | A A7

Verse 2: 1:19
 D
Loneliness was tough,
                  G
The toughest role   you ever played.
                     D
Hollywood created a superstar
                            G   C G
And pain was the price you paid.
1:33
               D
Even when you died,
          G
Oh, the press still hounded you.
                D
All the papers had to say
                           G           C G
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude.

Chorus: 1:49
        A                          A7
And it seems to me you lived your life
        D             G
Like a candle in the wind,
        D
Never knowing who to cling to
          A
When the rain set in.
2:04
       G
And I would have liked to have known you,
           Bm
But I was just a kid.
                        A
Your candle burned out long before
      G
Your legend ever did.

Instrumental: 2:17
G G:Em7 | D | D | A
G G:Em7 | D | A A7

Verse 3: 2:30
 D
Goodbye Norma Jean,
               G
Though I never   knew you at all.
                      D
You had the grace to hold yourself
                         G     C G
While those around you crawled.
2:45
 D
Goodbye Norma Jean,
                          G
From a young man in the twenty second row
                           D
Who sees you as something more than sexual,
                               G
More than just our Marilyn Monroe.

Chorus: 3:00
        A                          A7
And it seems to me you lived your life
        D     D7      G
Like a candle in the wind,
        D
Never knowing who to cling to
          A
When the rain set in.
3:16
       G
And I would have liked to have known you,
           Bm
But I was just a kid.
                        A
Your candle burned out long before
      G
Your legend ever did.

Instrumental: 3:28
G G:Em7 | D

Refrain: 3:32
                        A
Your candle burned out long before
      G
Your legend ever did.

Coda: 3:38
G G:Em7 | D!!!