Candle In The Wind chords by Ed Sheeran

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Ed Sheeran's cover of Candle In The Wind,
Originally written by Elton John in 1973 for the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Strumming:
Down, Down, Up, Up, DownUp (Country Style)


Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD D

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

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
And it seems to me you lived your life
     D MajorD      G+G
Like a candle in the wind
     D MajorD
Never knowing who to cling to
      A augmentedA
When the rain set in
  G+G             A augmentedA
And I would've liked to have known you
      B minorBm
But I was just a kid
             A augmentedA
Your candle burned out long before
 G+G         G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Your 🏷Legend ever did

Interlude:
D MajorD D A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
D MajorD A augmentedA - -

Verse 2:
D MajorD
Loneliness was tough
          G+G
The toughest role you ever played
            D MajorD
Hollywood created a superstar
              G+G
And pain was the price you paid
        D MajorD
Even when you died (Even when you died)
        G+G
Oh the press still hounded you
        D MajorD
All the papers had to say
              G+G
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
And it seems to me you lived your life
     D MajorD      G+G
Like a candle in the wind
     D MajorD
Never knowing who to cling to
      A augmentedA
When the rain set in
  G+G            A augmentedA
And I would've liked to have known you
      B minorBm
But I was just a kid
             A augmentedA
Your candle burned out long before
 G+G          G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Your 🏷Legend ever did

Interlude:
D MajorD D A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
D MajorD A augmentedA - -

Verse 3:
 D MajorD
Goodbye Norma Jeane
         G+G
Though I never knew you at all
           D MajorD
You had the grace to hold yourself
             G+G
While those around you crawled
  D MajorD
Goodbye Norma Jeane
              G+G
From the young man in the 22nd row
              D MajorD
Who sees you as something more than sexual
            G+G
More than just our Marilyn Monroe

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
And it seems to me you lived your life
     D MajorD      G+G
Like a candle in the wind
     D MajorD
Never knowing who to cling to
      A augmentedA
When the rain set in
  G+G            A augmentedA
And I would've liked to have known you
      B minorBm
But I was just a kid
             A augmentedA
Your candle burned out long before
 G+G          G+G D MajorD E minorEm  D MajorD D
Your 🏷Legend ever did
             A augmentedA
Your candle burned out long before
 G+G         G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD (all slow single, down)
Your 🏷Legend ever did

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