Verse: 
   C 
 Goodbye Norma Jean 
               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 




[Refrão]
          G 
 And it seems to me you lived your life 
          C            G 
 Like a candle in the wind 
         C 
 Never knowing who to cling to 
            G 
 When the rain set in 
         F     
 And I would have liked to have known you 
     Am 
 But I was just a kid  
                         G 
 Your candle burned out long before 
       F                C        F 
 Your legend ever did 


 Verse: 
  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 
          F 
 Oh the press still hounded you 
                 C 
 All the papers had to say 
                                    F 
 Was that Marilyn was found in the nude 


 

[Refrão]
          G 
 And it seems to me you lived your life 
          C            G 
 Like a candle in the wind 
         C 
 Never knowing who to cling to 
            G 
 When the rain set in 
         F     
 And I would have liked to have known you 
     Am 
 But I was just a kid  
                         G 
 Your candle burned out long before 
       F                C        F        C        F 
 Your legend ever did 

   
 Verse: 
   C 
 Goodbye Norma Jean 
               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 Jean 
                          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 




[Refrão]
          G 
 And it seems to me you lived your life 
          C            G 
 Like a candle in the wind 
         C 
 Never knowing who to cling to 
            G 
 When the rain set in 
         F     
 And I would have 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 
F                   C 
 Your legend ever did