Candle In The Wind 1997
Elton John and B. Taupin
Tribute to Princess Diana
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C
Goodbye England's rose, may you
ever grow in our hearts
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C
You were the grace that placed itself
where lives were torn apart
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C
You called out to our country, and you
whispered to those in pain.
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C
Now you belong to heaven, and the
stars spell out your name.
Chorus:
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D7
And it seems to me you lived
your life
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C
Like a candle in the
wind
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D
Never fading with the sunset when the
rain set
in
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Em
And your footsteps will always fall
here along England's greenest hills
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D
C
Verse no. 2:
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C
Loveliness we've lost, these empty
days without your smile
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C
This torch we'll always carry for our
nation's golden child
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And even though we try, the truth
brings us to tears
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C
All our words cannot express the joy
you brought us through the years.
Chorus:
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D7
And it seems to me you lived
your life
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C
Like a candle in the
wind
G
D
Never fading with the sunset when the
rain set
in
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Em
And your footsteps will always fall
here along England's greenest hills
G
D
C
G
Your candles burned out long before
your legend ever will.
Verse no. 3:
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C
Goodbye England's rose, may you
ever grow in our hearts
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C
You were the grace that placed itself
where lives were torn apart
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C
Goodbye England's rose, from a country
lost without your soul
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C
Who'll miss the wings of your
compassion more than you'll ever know.
Chorus:
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D7
And it seems to me you lived
your life
G
C
Like a candle in the
wind
G
D
Never fading with the sunset when the
rain set
in
C
Em
And your footsteps will always fall
here along England's greenest hills
G
D
C
G
Your candles burned out long before
your legend ever will.
Repeat last part of Chorus...
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Em
And your footsteps will always fall
here among England's greenest hills
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D
C
G
Your candles burned out long before
your legend ever will.