Candle In The Wind original guitar chords by
Elton John

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Key: E major•

Intro 1

B

B

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A

A

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E/G#

E/G#

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F#m11

F#m11

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E

E

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B

B

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Verse 1
E E 
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Goodbye, Norma Jeane
A A 
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Though I never knew you at all
E/G# E/G# 2
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You had the grace to hold   yourself
A A 
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While those around you crawled
E E 
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They crawled out of the woodwork
A A 
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And they whispered into your brain
E/G# E/G# 2
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And they set you on the treadmill
A A 
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And they made you change your name

Chorus 1
B B 2
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And it seems to me you lived your life
E E 
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A A 
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Like a candle in the wind
E E 
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Never knowing who to cling to
B B 2
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When the rain set in
A A 
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And I would've liked to know you
C#m C#m 4
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But I was just  a kid
B B 2
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Your candle burned out long before
A A 
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A A 
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E/G# E/G# 2
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F#m11 F#m11 
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Your legend ever did

Interlude 1

E

E

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B

B

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A

A

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E/G#

E/G#

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F#m11

F#m11

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E

E

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B

B

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Verse 2
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Loneliness was tough
A A 
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The toughest role you ever played
E/G# E/G# 2
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Hollywood a created a superstar
A A 
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And pain was the price you paid
E E 
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Even when you died
A A 
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Oh, the press still hounded you
E/G# E/G# 2
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All the papers had to     say
A A 
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Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Chorus 2
B B 2
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And it seems to me you lived your life
E E 
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A A 
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Like a candle in the wind
E E 
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Never knowing who to cling to
B B 2
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When the rain set in
A A 
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And I would've liked to know you
C#m C#m 4
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But I was just  a kid
B B 2
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Your candle burned out long before
A A 
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A A 
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E/G# E/G# 2
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F#m11 F#m11 
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Your legend ever did

Interlude 2

E

E

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B

B

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A

A

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E/G#

E/G#

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F#m11

F#m11

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E

E

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B

B

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Verse 3
E E 
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Goodbye, Norma Jeane
A A 
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Though I never knew you at all
E/G# E/G# 2
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You had the grace to hold   yourself
A A 
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While those around you crawled
E E 
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Goodbye, Norma Jeane
From the young man
A A 
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in the twenty second row
E/G# E/G# 2
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Who sees you as something more   than sexual
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More than just our Marilyn Monroe

Chorus 3
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And it seems to me you lived your life
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A A 
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Like a candle in the wind
E E 
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Never knowing who to cling to
B B 2
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When the rain set in
A A 
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And I would've liked to know you
C#m C#m 4
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But I was just  a kid
B B 2
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Your candle burned out long before
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A A 
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E/G# E/G# 2
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F#m11 F#m11 
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Your legend ever did
E E 
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B B 2
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Your candle burned out long before
A A 
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A A 
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E/G# E/G# 2
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F#m11 F#m11 
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Your legend ever did
E E 
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ChordsB A E/G# F#m11 E...

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E/G#
F#m11
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C#m
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