Key: G
Introduction:
G Gº Bm7(b5)
My old flame
E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
I can't even think of his name
G C7 F7 Bb6
But it's funny, now and then
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How my thoughts go flashing back again
D A7 Am7(b5) D7
To my old flame
G Gº Bm7(b5)
My old flame
E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
My new lovers all seem so tame
G C7 F7
For I haven't met a gent
Bb6 Gº
So magnificent or elegant
D7 A7 F7
As my old flame
Bridge
Bb Am7(b5) C#m7(b5)
I've met so many who had fascinatin' ways
G7 C4/7 C7
A fascinatin' gaze in their eyes
F7 D7 G4
Some who took me up to the skies
A7 D7
But their attempts
C#m7(b5)
At love were only imitations of
G Gº Bm7(b5)
My old flame
E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
I can't even think of his name
G C7 F7 Bb6
But I'll never be the same until
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I discover what became
Am C#m7(b5) G
Of my old flame
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