My Old Flame Chords
My Old Flame by Ella Fitzgerald 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
My old flame
E7 Am Am7 F7 D7
I can't even think of his name
G C7 F7 Bb6
But it's funny, now and then
Gdim
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
For I haven't met a gent
Bb6 Gdim
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
But their attempts
C#m5-/7
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
But I'll never be the same until
Gdim
I discover what became
Am C#m5-/7 G
Of my old flame