My Old Flame chords by Ricky Nelson

G  Gdim Bm5-/7
My old flame
 E7   Am        Am7        F7  D7
I can't even think of his name
      G          C7   F7     Bb6          Gdim
But it's funny, now and then, how my thoughts go flashing back again
 D  A7  Am5-/7   D7 D7/13-
To my old flame
G  Gdim Bm5-/7
My old flame
  E7    Am      Am7        F7  D7
My new lovers all seem so tame
      G             C7   F7    Bb6        Gdim
For I haven't met a gent so magnificent or elegant
   D7 A7   F7
As my old flam

Bridge

Bb                       Am5-/7      C#m5-/7
I've met so many who had fascinatin' ways
   G7              C4/7       C7
A fascinatin' gaze in their eyes
F7              D7  Gsus4
Some who took me up to the skies
  A7                   D7        C#m5-/7
But their attempts at love were only imitations of
G  Gdim Bm5-/7
My old flame
   E7   Am    Am7          F7     D7
I can't even think of his name
     G          C7     F7    Bb6        Gdim
But I'll never be the same until I discover what became
 Am C#m5-/7    G
Of my  old flame