Verso 1:
E A Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all E A You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled E A They crawled out of the woodwork and they whispered into your brain E A They sent you on a treadmill and they made you change your nameB B7 And it seems to me you lived your life E A Like a candle in the wind E B Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in A C#m And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid B A G#m F#m E B A G#m F$m E Your candle burned out long before your legend ever didVerso 2:
E A Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played E A Hollywood created a superstar and pain was the price you paid E A And even when you died, oh, the press still hounded you E A All the papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nudeB B7 And it seems to me you lived your life E A Like a candle in the wind E B Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in A C#m And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid B A G#m F#m E B A G#m F$m E Your candle burned out long before your legend ever didVerso 3:
E A Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all E A You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled E A Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man in the twenty second row E A Who sees you as something more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn MonroeB B7 And it seems to me you lived your life E A Like a candle in the wind E B Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in A C#m And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid B A G#m F#m E B A G#m F$m E Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did