How to Play Candle In The Wind on Guitar?

Elton John - Candle In The Wind can be played in the key of D using the A, G, D, A7, Bm chords. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Candle In The Wind with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Elton John - Candle In The Wind Chords

Chord reference A, G, D, A7, Bm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[A] [G] [D] [A] [D]Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never [G]knew you at all You had the grace to [D]hold yourself, while those around you [G]crawled They crawled out of the [D]woodwork, and they [G]whispered into your brain They set you on the [D]treadmill, and they made you change your [G]name

And it [A]seems to me you [A7]lived your life, like a [D]candle in the [G]wind Never [D]knowing who to cling to, when the [A]rain set in And I [G]would have liked to have known you, but I was [Bm]just a kid Your candle burned out [A]long before, your [G]legend ever [D]did

[D]Loneliness was tough, the toughest [G]role you ever played Hollywood created a [D]superstar, and pain was the price you [G]paid Even when you [D]died, oh the [G]press still hounded you [G]All the papers had to say, was that [D]Marilyn was found in the [G]nude

[D]Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never [G]knew you at all You had the [D]grace to hold yourself, while those around you [G]crawled [D]Goodbye Norma Jean, from the young man [G]in the 22nd row Who sees you as something more than [D]sexual, more than just our Marilyn [G]Monroe

Artist Elton John

Album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Genres Pop, Pop Rock, Rock

Year 1973

Key D

Elton John - Candle In The Wind can be played in the key of D using the A, G, D, A7, Bm chords.

For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Candle In The Wind with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.