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


 Chorus:
          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


 Chorus:
          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


 Chorus:
          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