Ed Sheeran – Candle In The Wind (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Ed Sheeran's cover of Candle In The Wind, Originally written by Elton John in 1973 for the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. * = strum once [Intro] C x4 [Verse 1]
C
Goodbye Norma Jeane

                F
Though I never knew you at all

                       C
You had the grace to hold yourself

                          F
While those around you crawled

                            C
They crawled out of the woodwork

                    F
And they whispered into your brain

                         C
They set you on the treadmill

                               F
And they made you change your name
[Chorus]
         G
And it seems to me you lived your life

          C            F
Like a candle in the wind

         C
Never knowing who to cling to

           G
When the rain set in

    F
And I would've liked to have known you

           Am
But I was just a kid

                         G
Your candle burned out long before

  F                  C
Your legend ever did
[Interlude] C x6 [Verse 2]
C
Loneliness was tough

                   F
The toughest role you ever played

                        C
Hollywood created a superstar

                            F
And pain was the price you paid

               C
Even when you died  (Even when you died)

               F
Oh the press still hounded you

                C
All the papers had to say

                            F
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
[Chorus]
         G
And it seems to me you lived your life

          C           F
Like a candle in the wind

         C
Never knowing who to cling to

           G
When the rain set in

    F
And I would've liked to have known you

           Am
But I was just a kid

                         G
Your candle burned out long before

 F                   C
Your legend ever did
[Interlude] C x6 [Verse 3]
  C
Goodbye Norma Jeane

                 F
Though I never knew you at all

                      C
You had the grace to hold yourself

                          F
While those around you crawled

   C
Goodbye Norma Jeane

                            F
From the young man in the 22nd row

                           C
Who sees you as something more than sexual

                       F
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
[Chorus]
         G
And it seems to me you lived your life

          C           F
Like a candle in the wind

         C
Never knowing who to cling to

           G
When the rain set in

    F
And I would've liked to have known you

           Am
But I was just a kid

                         G
Your candle burned out long before

 F                   C
Your legend ever did

                         G
Your candle burned out long before

  F                  C*
Your legend ever did