Key: G 🎸 Intro: e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|----4----/4----/4----/4-------| D|--5---5-3---3-2---2-1---1-----| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| x 4 🎸 Verse : G C Downtown tonight I met an old friend, someone who D7 G I used to take comfort from, long before I met you G7 C I caught a spark from her eye, a forgotten desire D7 G With a touch or a kiss I could have rekindled that fire
🎸 Chorus: G C But old flames, can't hold a candle to you D7 G no-one can light up my nights like you do G7 C Flickering embers of love I've known one or two D7 G But old flames can't hold a candle to you 🎸 Break: e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|----4----/4----/4----/4-------| D|--5---5-3---3-2---2-1---1-----| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| x 2 🎸 Verse : G C Sometimes at night I think of those lovers I've known D7 G And remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone G7 C Then I feel you beside me and even their memory is gone D G Like the stars in the night disappear in the sweet light of dawn 🎸 Chorus: G C But old flames, can't hold a candle to you D7 G no-one can light up my nights like you do G7 C Flickering embers of love I've known one or two D7 G But old flames can't hold a candle to you 🎸 Outro: e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|----4----/4----/4----/4-------| D|--5---5-3---3-2---2-1---1-----| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| x 3