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CANDLE IN THE WIND
Elton John
[G] Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never [C] knew you at all
You had the grace to [G] hold yourself while those around you [C] crawled
They crawled out of the [G] woodwork and they whispered [C] into your brain
They sent you on a [G] treadmill and they made you change your [C] name
And it [D] seems to me you lived your [D7] life
Like a [G] candle in the [C] wind
Never [G] knowing who to cling to when the [D] rain set in
And I [C] would have liked to've known you but I was [Em] just a kid
Your candle burned out [D] long before your [C] legend ever [G] did
[G] Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you [C] ever played
Hollywood created a [G] superstar and pain was the price you [C] paid
And even when you [G] died, oh, the press still hounded [C] you
All the papers [G] had to say was that Marilyn was found in the [C] nude
And it [D] seems to me you lived your [D7] life
Like a [G] candle in the [C] wind
Never [G] knowing who to cling to when the [D] rain set in
And I [C] would have liked to've known you but I was [Em] just a kid
Your candle burned out [D] long before your [C] legend ever [G] did
[G] Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never [C] knew you at all
You had the grace to [G] hold yourself while those around you [C] crawled
[G] Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man in the [C] twenty-second row
Who sees you as something [G] more than sexual,
More than just our Marilyn [C] Monroe
And it [D] seems to me you lived your [D7] life
Like a [G] candle in the [C] wind
Never [G] knowing who to cling to when the [D] rain set in
And I [C] would have liked to've known you but I was [Em] just a kid
Your candle burned out [D] long before your [C] legend ever [G] did
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