• Song:

    Candle In The Wind

  • Artist:

    Elton John

  • Album:

    The Very Best of Elton ...

CANDLE IN THE WIND      -       Elton John


Capo on 2nd 

Intro:
A -      G* - D/F#* - Em* - D     A - G -


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
       Dsus4/F#             D/F#             G/           Am7/G
While            those a -        round you      crawled 
              G              D/                                               
They crawled     out of the      woodwork. -  

And they whispered
G/                            Am7/G       G          D/F#/                                   
   into your brain. They set         you    on the         treadmill
          Dsus4/F#        D/F#                    G/        Am7/G                                 
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 
G* - D/F#* - Em* - D -       A - 
G* - D/F#* - Em* - D -      A -


D/                                                                        
   Loneliness was tough - 
     Dsus4            D            G/                                                
The         toughest     role you      ever played
            Am7/G         G         D/F#                                               
Hollywood         crea -     ted a        superstar
                  Dsus4/F#         D/F#         G/                                          
And pain was the             price         you       paid 
                D          Dsus4 - D                                                  
Even when you     died - 
        G                                                                 
Oh the      press still hounded you
         Am7/G        G        D/F#/                                                    
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
       Dsus4/F#            D/F#               G           Am7/G - G -
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
            Dsus4/F#       D/F#                    G                                      
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
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