Ed Sheeran – Candle In The Wind (Guitar)

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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. Strumming: Down, Down, Up, Up, DownUp (Country Style) [Intro] D A D D [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
[Chorus]
         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                         A
And I would've liked to have known you

           Bm
But I was just a kid

                         A
Your candle burned out long before

  G                  G D Em
Your legend ever did
[Interlude] D D A G D Em D A - - [Verse 2]
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  (Even when you died)

               G
Oh the press still hounded you

                D
All the papers had to say

                            G
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
[Chorus]
         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                        A
And I would've liked to have known you

           Bm
But I was just a kid

                         A
Your candle burned out long before

 G                   G D Em
Your legend ever did
[Interlude] D D A G D Em D A - - [Verse 3]
  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 22nd row

                           D
Who sees you as something more than sexual

                       G
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
[Chorus]
         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                        A
And I would've liked to have known you

           Bm
But I was just a kid

                         A
Your candle burned out long before

 G                   G D Em   D D
Your legend ever did

                         A
Your candle burned out long before

  G                  G D Em  D  (all slow single, down)
Your legend ever did