{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2364167,"song":"Candle In The Wind","artist":"Ed Sheeran","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2364167-candle-in-the-wind-chords-by-ed-sheeran/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2364167?type=chord","rating":4.69468,"votes":494,"content":"Ed Sheeran's cover of Candle In The Wind,\r\nOriginally written by Elton John in 1973 for the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.\r\n\r\nStandard tuning, capo on the 4th fret.\r\n* = strum once\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nC x4\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoodbye Norma Jeane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThough I never knew you at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou had the grace to hold yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile those around you crawled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey crawled out of the woodwork[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they whispered into your brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey set you on the treadmill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they made you change your name[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it seems to me you lived your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike a candle in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever knowing who to cling to[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the rain set in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I would've liked to have known you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I was just a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour candle burned out long before[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour legend ever did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude] \r\nC x6\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLoneliness was tough[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe toughest role you ever played[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHollywood created a superstar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd pain was the price you paid[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEven when you died  (Even when you died)[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh the press still hounded you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the papers had to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWas that Marilyn was found in the nude[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it seems to me you lived your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike a candle in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever knowing who to cling to[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the rain set in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I would've liked to have known you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I was just a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour candle burned out long before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour legend ever did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude] \r\nC x6\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoodbye Norma Jeane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThough I never knew you at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou had the grace to hold yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile those around you crawled[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoodbye Norma Jeane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom the young man in the 22nd row[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho sees you as something more than sexual[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMore than just our Marilyn Monroe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it seems to me you lived your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike a candle in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever knowing who to cling to[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the rain set in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I would've liked to have known you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I was just a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour candle burned out long before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour legend ever did[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour candle burned out long before[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]*\r\nYour legend ever did[/tab]","plain_text":"Ed Sheeran's cover of Candle In The Wind,\nOriginally written by Elton John in 1973 for the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.\n\nStandard tuning, capo on the 4th fret.\n* = strum once\n\n\n[Intro]\nC x4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] \nC x6\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] \nC x6\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}