Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You) Chords
by Dolly Parton
Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You) by Dolly Parton is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(D)Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend someone (G)who I (A7 )used to take comfort from, long before I met (D)you I caught a spark from his (D7 )eyes a forgotten (G)desire With a (A7 )word or a touch, I could have rekindled that (D)fire Cho: But (D)old flames, can't hold a candle to (G)you (A7)no one can light up the night like you (D)do Flickering embers of love, I've known one or (G)two But (A7