CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John
Capo on 2nd
Intro:
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D/
Goodbye Norma Jean. -
Dsus4
Though I never
G/ Am7/G G D/F#/
knew you at all. You had the grace to hold yourself
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While those a - round you crawled
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They crawled out of the woodwork. -
And they whispered
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into your brain. They set you on the treadmill
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And they made you change your name
Chorus
A A7
And it seems to me - you lived your life -
D Em* D/F#* G
like a candle in the wind
D/F# Dsus4/F# D/F#
Never knowing who to cling to -
A (A)
when the rain set in
G
And I would have liked to have known you -
A Bm
but I was just a kid
(Bm) A
Your candle burned out long before -
G
Your legend ever did
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G* - D/F#* - Em* - D - A -
D/
Loneliness was tough -
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The toughest role you ever played
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Hollywood crea - ted a superstar
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And pain was the price you paid
D Dsus4 - D
Even when you died -
G
Oh the press still hounded you
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All the pa - pers had to say
Dsus4/F# D/F# G
Was that Mari - lyn was found in the nude
Chorus
A A7
And it seems to me you lived your life -
D Em* D/F#* G
like a candle in the wind
D/F# Dsus4/F# D/F#
Never knowing who to cling to -
A (A)
when the rain set in
G
And I would have liked to have known you -
A Bm
but I was just a kid
(Bm) A
Your candle burned out long before -
G
Your legend ever did
G* - D/F#* - Em* - D - A -
G* - D/F#* - Em* - D - A -
D
Goodbye Norma Jean. -
Dsus4 D
Though I ne - ver
G Am7/G G D/F#
knew you at all. You had the grace to hold yourself
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While those a - round you crawled
D/
Goodbye Norma Jean -
Dsus4 D
From the young man
G
in the twentieth second row
Am7/G G D/F#
Who sees you as something more than sexual
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More than just our Marilyn Mon - roe
Chorus
A A7
And it seems to me you lived your life -
D Em* D/F#* G
like a candle in the wind
D/F# Dsus4/F# D/F#
Never knowing who to cling to -
A (A)
when the rain set in
G
And I would have liked to have known you -
A Bm
but I was just a kid
(Bm) A
Your candle burned out long before -
G
Your legend ever did
G* - D/F#* - Em* - D -
(D) A
Your candle burned out long before -
G
Your legend ever did
G* - D/F#* - Em* - D //
A x02220
G* 3x000x
D/F#* 2x023x
Em* 0220xx
D xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233
G 320003
Dsus4 xx0233
Am7/G 302013
D/F# 2x0232
Dsus4/F# 2x0233
A7 x02020
Bm x24432