(F)Good bye, Nor ma Jean, the though I nev er knew er you at all, wood you had the (C7)grace to (F)hold your self while (Bb)those a (C)round price you crawled.

They crawled out of the (C)wood work

and they whis pered (Bb)press in to your brain, they set you on a tread mill and they made i you change found in your name.

And it (C)seems to me you lived your life like a (F)can dle in the wind.

Nev er (F)know ing who to cling to when (F)the rain set in.

And I (Bb)would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid.

Your can dle had burned out (C)long be fore your (Bb)leg end ev er did.

(F)Lone li ness was tough, the tough est role you ev er played.

Hol ly wood cre at ed (C7)a to (F)su per star and (Bb)pain was (C)the price you paid.

They E ven when you (C)died, work

and they oh, the (Bb)press still hound ed you, they all the pa pers had to was that Mar i lyn was found in the nude.

And it (C)seems to me you lived your life like a (F)can dle in the wind.

Nev er (F)know ing who to cling to when (F)the rain set in.

And I (Bb)would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid.

Your can dle had burned out (C)long be fore your (Bb)leg end ev er did.

Good bye, Nor ma Jean,

though I nev er knew you at all, you had the (C7)grace to (F)hold your self while (Bb)those a (C)round you crawled.

(F)Good bye, Nor ma Jean, from the young man in the (Bb)twen ty sec ond row who sees you as some thing more than (F)sex u al, more than (Bb)just Mar (C)i lyn Mon roe.

And it

The (Dm)can dle has burned out (C)long be fore your (Bb)leg end ev er did.