Candle in The Wind

E                                
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never 
A
knew you at all
                         E         
You had the grace to hold yourself 
                              A
while those around you crawled
                         E         
They crawled out of the woodwork 
                A
and they whispered into your brain
                        E       
They sent you on a treadmill and 
                                A
they made you change your name


[Chorus]

B                                 
And it seems to me you lived your 
  B7
life
        E                A
Like a candle in the wind
        E                          
Never knowing who to cling to when 
     B
the rain set in
            A                      
And I would have liked to've known 
                C#m
you but I was just a kid
                         B         
Your candle burned out long before 
      A               A G#m F#m 
your legend ever did
E B A G#m F#m E



[Verse]

Continues after the ad
E                                
Loneliness was tough, the toughest 
A
role you ever played
                         E       
Hollywood created a superstar and 
                         A
pain was the price you paid
E                             
And even when you died, oh, the 
   A
press still hounded you
                       E           
All the papers had to say was that 
                          A
Marilyn was found in the nude


[Chorus]

B                                 
And it seems to me you lived your 
  B7
life
        E                A
Like a candle in the wind
        E                          
Never knowing who to cling to when 
     B
the rain set in
            A                      
And I would have liked to've known 
                C#m
you but I was just a kid
                         B         
Your candle burned out long before 
      A              A G#m F#m E 
your legend ever did
B A G#m F#m E



[Verse]

E                                
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never 
A
knew you at all
                       E           
You had the grace to hold yourself 
                     A
while those around you crawled
E                                
Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man
A
 in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than 
  E                                
sexual, more than just our Marilyn 
A
Monroe


[Chorus]

B                                 
And it seems to me you lived your 
  B7
life
        E                A
Like a candle in the wind
        E                          
Never knowing who to cling to when 
     B
the rain set in
            A                      
And I would have liked to've known 
                C#m
you but I was just a kid
                         B         
Your candle burned out long before 
      A              A G#m F#m E 
your legend ever did
B A G#m F#m E