My Old Flame Chords
by Carmen McRae
My Old Flame by Carmen McRae is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Gdim, Bm5-/7, E7, Am, Am7, F7, D7, C7, Bb6, D, A7, Am5-/7, D7/13-, Bb, C#m5-/7, G7, C4/7 and Gsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Gdim Bm5-/7 E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
My old flame 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 E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
My old flame 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 flame.
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 E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
My old flame 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.