Elton John – Candle In The Wind (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Candle In The Wind Artist: Elton John Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: Q=150, Capo: 2, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+". Let ring. Use thumb-fretting. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Verse]
   G   +      +      +                     +     +    C       +       +     +            +       +     +
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|------0--0----------1-p0--|---------0----------0-----|
B|-0---0------0---------0---|-----------------0-----|--------------------------|------3----------3-----3--|
G|-------------------2------|----------0--h2-----0--|-----------------0--------|--------------------------|
D|--------0-------------0---|------0----------0-----|------2-------------2-----|------2-------------2-----|
A|--------------------------|-2---------------------|-3-----------3------------|-3-----------3------------|
E|-3-------------3----------|----------3------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
   Goodbye    Norma     Jean           Though I never      knew you     at all       You had the grace to hold

   G   +                 +     C                  +                                         +   D7  +
E|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-1---p0-----------------|---------------------|-------------------0--h1---|
G|-----0---0-------------0---|-----------2---p0-------|---------------------|-----------0--h2-----------|
D|---------0---------0-------|------2---------0---2---|---------------------|-------------------0-------|
A|--------------2------------|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------------|
E|-3-------------------------|------------------------|------0---------0----|------0--------------------|
       hold yourself     While those around you crawled                            They crawled out of the 

   G            +     +                 +     +    C      +        +     +        +      +          +
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|------0--0-------1-p0-----|------------0-------------|
B|-3----3----------------|-----------------0-----|--------------------------|-----3--3------3---3---3--|
G|--------------0-----0--|----------0--h2-----0--|-----------------------0--|--------------------------|
D|------0----------0-----|------0----------0-----|------2-------------2-----|--------2----------2------|
A|----------2------------|-----------------------|-3-----------3------------|-3-------------3----------|
E|-3---------------------|-3--------3------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
   woodwork                         And they whispered  into     your brain     They set you on the tread-

   G   +                 +                        +     C                                    D7  +
E|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------0---|-1---p0-----------------|---------------------|----------------0--h1---|
G|-----0-------------2-------|-----------2---p0-------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|---------0---------0-------|------0---------0---2---|---------------------|----------------0-------|
A|--------------2------------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3------------|
E|-3-------------------------|-3---------3------------|------0---------0----|------0-----------------|
       mill          And they  made you change your name                                     And it

[Chorus]
   D       +          +        +      +          +    G       +      +        C           +      +
E|-2a--------------------|-2a-----------------------|----------------0------|-----------------------|
B|-3a--3---3------0--h1--|-3a--3------3------0--h1--|-3---3---3-------------|----------------0--h1--|
G|-2a--------------------|-2a-----------------------|-------------------0---|-------------0---------|
D|-----0----------0------|--------0----------0------|-----0-------------0---|----------------2------|
A|-0a--------------------|-0a-----------------------|------------2----------|-3-------3-------------|
E|------------2----------|---------------2----------|-3---------------------|-----0-----------------|
   seems to me        you  lived your life   Like a   candle in the wind                     Never 

   G   +      +      +        C       +      +      +    D       +                        +
E|--------------------------|-0------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-3---3------3------3------|---------3-----p1------0--|-0------------------|-------------3--3---|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----2---2----------|--------------------|
D|--------0-------------0---|-----2-------------2------|-----0----------0---|-----0----------0---|
A|---------------2----------|-3----------3-------------|-0------------------|-0------------------|
E|-3------------------------|--------------------------|------------2-------|---------2----------|
   knowing    who    to       cling   to     When the    rain set in                      And I 

   C   +      +      +      +               +      +      +    Am  Bm  +      +                +      +
E|-0---0------0------2-h3------|------------2-----p0---------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----3---3---------3---|-----------------------|
G|--------------------------0--|-----0--------------------0--|----------------4------|---------4------4------|
D|--------2-------------2------|--------2-------------2------|-----4-------------4---|-----4-------------4---|
A|-3-------------3-------------|---------------3-------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-0---------------------------|------------2----------|-2----------2----------|
   would have liked to have known           you    But I was   just a kid                             Your

   Em7       Am  +          D        +                                     C   +            +       +
E|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
B|-0----0----1-------3----|-0----------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------------2--------|------2---2-------------|---------------------|-----0--------0--h2-----------|
D|------0------------2----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|-2-------2------------x---2---|
A|-----------0------------|-0----------------------|-0-------------------|-3------------3---------------|
E|-0----------------------|--------------2---------|-----------2---------|------------------------------|
   candle    burned out     long before                             Your   legend       ever        did 

                         D7  +       +       +          G                     D (only pass1+2)    
E|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|-1----------p0----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|-----2---------------2--------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------0---------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-3---------3---------|-0---------------0------------|-----------2---------|-0-------------------|
E|------0---------0----|------------------------------|-3-------------------|-----------2---------|
[Verse2+3] Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a superstar And pain was the price you paid Even when you died Oh the press still hounded you All the papers had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the nude Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled Goodbye Norma Jean From the young man in the 22nd row Who sees you as something more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************