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Candle In The Wind

by Elton John

Written by: John and Taupin

CANDLE IN THE WIND John and Taupin Elton John | B /// | B7 ~ E ~ B7 | E /// | B /// | E A ||: ^Good bye ^No rr ma^Jean | nn nn though^I^ne^ver | / knew you at^all | ||: ^Lone li ^ness ss was^tough | hh ^the tough^est^role^you | / ev^er played Hol^ly | B7 E A E | ll you^had d^the grace^to | hold your^self ff f^while | those a^round dd you^crawled | | wood cre^at t^ed a | su per^star rr r^and | pain was^the price you^paid | A E | dd dd / / | / ~ ^They crawled^out^of^the | wood^work kk kk kk | | dd dd / / | / / Ev^en^when^you | died dd dd dd | A | / / and^they^whis^pered | / in^to o^your^bra^in | n^they^set^you on a^tread | | / / / Oh^the | press still houn^ded you | uu all^the pa pers^had | E A | d^mill ll l and ^they | made you^change your^name | ee ee ee ee | / / / And^it | | d^to say y was ^that | Ma^ri lyn^was found^in the^nude | ee ee ee ee | / / / And^it | B E | seems s ^to me e ^you | ^lived your ^li i^fe like^a | can dle^in n^the wind | A E Esus4 E | dd dd dd Nev^er | know w ^ing g^who^to^cling | g^to oo o^when^the^rain | B A | nn set^in nn nn | / / ~ ^And I | ^would have ^liked d^to have^known | C#m | nn you^but t^I^was^just | tt a^kid d ^Your | can^dle^had^burned d out t | B A G#m F#m | lo^ng be^fore ee e ^your | ^le gend d ev^er did | dd ~ ~ / / | (last time go to 3.) E Esus4 E B B7 E B7 E B B | / / / / | / ~ ~ / / | / / / / | / ~ ~ / / | / / / / | 1. | / / / / :|| 2. | / / / / | E ||: ^Good bye ^No rr ma^Jean | nn nn though^I^ne^ver | ||: ^Good bye ^No rr ma^Jean | nn from^the young^man^in^the | A B7 | / knew you at^all | ll you^had d^the grace^to | | twen ty sec ond^row | Who sees^you=as some^thing more^than | E A E A 1. | hold your^self ff f^while | those a^round dd you^crawled | dd dd dd dd | / / / / :|| 2. | sex u^al ll more^than | just Mari^lyn Mon^roe | ee ee ee ee | G#m7 F#m7 | / / / And^it | ( to CHORUS ) C#m B 3. | / / / ~ The | can^dle^had^burned d out t | lo^ng be^fore ee e ^your | A E | ^le gend d ev^er did | dd / / / | / / / / ||

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Candle In The Wind is performed by Elton John and written by John and Taupin. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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