Candle in the wind
B B7 E B7 E B
E A
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never - knew you at all -
B7 E A 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 Esus E A
They set you on the treadmill, and they made you change your name.
B E A
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind.
E Esus E# B
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in.
A C#m
And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid.
B A A A G#m F#m E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.
E A
Loneliness was tough, the toughest role - you ever played.
B7 E A E A
Hollywood created a superstar - and pain was the price you paid.
E A
Even when you died, oh the press still hounded you.
E Esus E A
All the papers had to say was that Marilyn - was found in the nude.
B E A
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind.
E Esus E# B
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in.
A C#m
And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid.
B A A A G#m F#m E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.
E A
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never - knew you at all -
B7 E A E A
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled.
E A
Goodbye Norma Jean, from the young man in the 22nd row.
B7 E
Who sees you as something as more than sexual -
A E A G#m7 F#m7
more than just our Marilyn Monroe.
B E A
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind.
E Esus E# B
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in.
A C#m
And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid.
B A A A G#m F#m E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.
B A A A G#m F#m E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.