Candle in the wind (capo 4th)

Intr.: G - F - C - G - G7

C F

1. Goodbye England’s Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts,

C F

you were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.

C F

You called out to our country, and you whispered to those in pain,

C F

now you belong to heaven and the stars spell out your name.

G C - F

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind

C G

Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in

F Am

And your footsteps will always fall here along England’s greenest hills -

C G F C

Your candle burned out long before ~ ~ your legend ever will.

C F

2. Loveliness we’ve lost, those empty days without your smile,

C F

this torch we’ll always carry for a nation’s golden child.

C F

And even though we try, ~ ~ the truth brings us to tears,

\ C F

all our words cannot express the joy you brought us through the years.

+ CHORUS

C F

3. Goodbye England’s Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts,

C F

you were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.

C F

Goodbye England’s Rose, from a country lost without your soul,

\ C F

who’ll miss the wings of your compassion more than you will ever know.

+ CHORUS

(Elton John)