Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: Bb majorBb
🎸 Intro:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC G+G
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G C majorC
The knees are bent and the hands are clasped
D MajorD C majorC
The painted head is bowed
G+G C majorC
A augmentedA sudden glimpse through heaven’s gate
D MajorD C majorC
Is all that I'm allowed
G+G C majorC
My hair is black and my eyes are green
D MajorD C majorC
But Marie is not my name
🎸 Refrain:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC Bm7Bm7
His lamest flame will be
Am7Am7 G+G
Too brief and burn too pale
C majorC Bm7Bm7 Am7Am7 D MajorD
And all attempts to fire it up again will fail
G+G C majorC
I run around behind his friends
D MajorD C majorC
And play the waiting game
🎸 Refrain:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame
🎸 Interlude:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC G+G
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
I tell myself a million times there’s nothing I can do
G+G C majorC
So why do I keep holding on?
D MajorD C majorC
I only wish I knew
G+G C majorC
I was born too weak and I feel like a fool
D MajorD C majorC
But he's out of my domain
🎸 Refrain:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC Bm7Bm7
His lamest flame will die
Am7Am7 G+G
Before the night is out
C majorC Bm7Bm7
Just a heap of ash
Am7Am7 D MajorD
The wind has blown about
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G C majorC
For him, these feelings fade away
D MajorD C majorC
But for me, they’re still the same
🎸 Refrain:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame
Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
C majorC G+G
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC Bm7Bm7
His lamest flame is here
Am7Am7 G+G
And flickering its last
C majorC Bm7Bm7
And through the dying light
Am7Am7 D MajorD
We journey to the past
🎸 Verse 4:
G+G C majorC
But still I’d give up all I’ve got
D MajorD C majorC
To have him back again
🎸 Outro:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
G+G
His lamest flame