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xIntro Verse Chorus ---------- --------- ---------- C x3201x C x3201x C5 x355xx C7 x123xx F 1332xx F5 133xxx F x3321x G 32003x G5 355xxx Fm x3311x Intro: Lead guitar: e|--------------------------------|----------------------------| B|--------------------------------|----------------------------| G|--------------------------------|----------------------------| D|------10--8----8--7---7--6---6--|------10--8----8--7---7--6--| A|----7-------10------8------8----|----7-------10------8-------| E|--8-----------------------------|--8-------------------------| Rhythm guitar: C C7 F Fm C C7 F Fm
Verse 1: C C F F Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend, someone who G G C C I used to take comfort from long before I met you C C F F I caught a spark in his eyes of forgotten desire G G C C With a word or a touch, I could've rekindled that fire Chorus 1: C5 C5 F5 F5 But old flames can't hold a candle to you G5 G5 C5 C5 No one can light up the night like you do C5 C5 F5 F5 Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two G5 G5 (C) But old flames can't hold a candle to you Post-Chorus 1: C C7 F Fm Oh yeah C C7 F Fm Ooh ooh-ooh-ooh Verse 2: C C F F Like sometime tonight, I think of old lovers I've known G G C C And I remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone (feel so alone) C C F F Then I feel you beside me, and even their memories are gone G G C C Like stars in the night, lost in the sweet light of dawn Chorus 2: C5 C5 F5 F5 But old flames can't hold a candle to you G5 G5 C5 C5 No one can light up the night like you do C5 C5 F5 F5 Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two G5 G5 C5 But old flames can't hold a candle to you G5 G5 (C) But old flames can't hold a candle to you Outro: C C7 F Fm Oh yeah C C7 F Fm (C) Ah-ah ah-ah-ah yeah C C7 F Fm Ah-ah oh oh-oh-oh C C7 F Fm Ahhhhhhhhhhh C C7 F Fm Can't hold a C C7 F Fm Candle to you, a candle to you C C7 F Fm Oh please, oh please C C7 F Fm Oh please, oh please C Can't hold a candle to you
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