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 Gº
But it's funny, now and then, 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 Bb6 Gº
For I haven't met a gent so magnificent or elegant
D7 A7 F7
As my old flam
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 C#m7(b5)
But their attempts 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 Gº
But I'll never be the same until I discover what became
Am C#m7(b5) G
Of my old flame