Key: E major
Intro 1
A
G
Em
D
A
Verse 1
D
Goodbye,
Norma Jeane
G
Though I never knew you at all
D
You had the grace to hold yourself
G
While those around you crawled
D
They crawled out of the woodwork
G
And they whispered into your brain
D
They set you on the treadmill
G
And they made you change your name
Verse 2
G
A
And it seems to me you lived your life
D
G
Like a candle in the wind
D
Never knowing who to cling to
A
When the rain set in
G
And I would've liked to known you
Bm
But I was just a kid
G
A
Your candle burned out long before
G
Your legend ever did
Interlude 1
G
D
A
G
D
A
Verse 3
D
Loneliness was tough
G
The toughest role you ever played
D
Hollywood created a superstar
G
And pain was the price you paid
D
Even when you died
G
Oh, the press still hounded you
D
All the papers had to say
G
D
G
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Verse 4
A
And it seems to me you lived your life
D
G
Like a candle in the wind
D
Never knowing who to cling to
A
When the rain set in
G
And I would've liked to known you
Bm
But I was just a kid
G
A
Your candle burned out long before
G
Your legend ever did
Interlude 2
G
D
A
G
D
A
Verse 5
D
Goodbye, Norma Jeane
G
Though I never knew you at all
D
You had the grace to hold yourself
G
While those around you crawled
D
Goodbye, Norma Jeane
G
From the young man in the twenty
second row
Who sees you as something
D
more than sexual
G
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
Em
And it
Verse 6
A
seems to me you lived your life
D
G
Like a candle in the wind
D
Never knowing who to cling to
A
When the rain set in
G
And I would've liked to known you
Bm
But I was just a kid
A
Your candle burned out long before
G
D
Your legend ever did
A
Your candle burned out long before
G
Your legend ever did
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