Chords for "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You" - (Mick Foster and Tony Allen)
Tempo:
152.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [B]
[E]
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[E] Downtown tonight I saw an old friend, someone [A] whom I [B] used to take comfort from long before I [E] met you.
[B]
[E] I caught a spark from her eye, a forgotten [A] desire, with [B] a word or a touch of love I could out -rekindle [E] that fire.
[B]
[E] But old flames can't hold a candle [A] to you, [B] no one can light up the night like [E] you do.
[B]
[E] Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, [B] but old flames can't hold a candle [E] to you.
[B]
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[E]
[B]
[E] Sometimes at night I think of the lovers [A] I've known, and [B] I remember how holding them helped me not feel so [E] alone.
[B]
Then [E] I feel you beside me and even their memories [A] are gone, like [B] stars in the night lost in the sweet light [E] of dawn.
[B]
[E] But old flames can't hold a candle [A] to you,
[B] no one can light up the night like [E] you do.
[B]
[E] Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, [B] but old flames can't hold a candle [E] to you.
[B]
[Ebm] [E] But old flames can't hold a candle [A] to you,
[B] no one can light up the night like you do.
[E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E] Downtown tonight I saw an old friend, someone [A] whom I [B] used to take comfort from long before I [E] met you.
[B]
[E] I caught a spark from her eye, a forgotten [A] desire, with [B] a word or a touch of love I could out -rekindle [E] that fire.
[B]
[E] But old flames can't hold a candle [A] to you, [B] no one can light up the night like [E] you do.
[B]
[E] Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, [B] but old flames can't hold a candle [E] to you.
[B]
[E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E] Sometimes at night I think of the lovers [A] I've known, and [B] I remember how holding them helped me not feel so [E] alone.
[B]
Then [E] I feel you beside me and even their memories [A] are gone, like [B] stars in the night lost in the sweet light [E] of dawn.
[B]
[E] But old flames can't hold a candle [A] to you,
[B] no one can light up the night like [E] you do.
[B]
[E] Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, [B] but old flames can't hold a candle [E] to you.
[B]
[Ebm] [E] But old flames can't hold a candle [A] to you,
[B] no one can light up the night like you do.
[E] [B]
Key:
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_ _ [E] Downtown _ tonight I saw an old friend, someone [A] whom _ I _ [B] used to take comfort from long before I [E] met you. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] I caught a spark from her eye, a forgotten _ [A] desire, _ _ with [B] a word or a touch of love I could out _ -rekindle [E] that fire. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] But old flames _ can't hold a candle [A] to _ you, _ _ [B] no _ one can light up the night like [E] you _ do.
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_ _ [E] _ _ Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, _ _ _ [B] but old flames _ can't hold a candle [E] to you. _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Sometimes at night I think of the lovers [A] I've known, _ _ and [B] I remember how holding them helped me not feel so [E] alone. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Then [E] I feel you beside me and even their memories [A] are gone, _ _ like [B] _ stars in the night _ lost in the sweet light [E] of dawn. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] But _ old flames _ can't hold a candle [A] to you, _
_ _ [B] no _ one can light up the night like [E] you do. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, _ _ _ [B] but old flames _ can't hold a candle [E] to you. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [E] _ But old _ flames can't hold a candle [A] to you, _
_ _ [B] _ no one can light up the night like you do.
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_ _ [E] Downtown _ tonight I saw an old friend, someone [A] whom _ I _ [B] used to take comfort from long before I [E] met you. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] I caught a spark from her eye, a forgotten _ [A] desire, _ _ with [B] a word or a touch of love I could out _ -rekindle [E] that fire. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] But old flames _ can't hold a candle [A] to _ you, _ _ [B] no _ one can light up the night like [E] you _ do.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, _ _ _ [B] but old flames _ can't hold a candle [E] to you. _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Sometimes at night I think of the lovers [A] I've known, _ _ and [B] I remember how holding them helped me not feel so [E] alone. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Then [E] I feel you beside me and even their memories [A] are gone, _ _ like [B] _ stars in the night _ lost in the sweet light [E] of dawn. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] But _ old flames _ can't hold a candle [A] to you, _
_ _ [B] no _ one can light up the night like [E] you do. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Flickering embers of love I've known one [A] or two, _ _ _ [B] but old flames _ can't hold a candle [E] to you. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [E] _ But old _ flames can't hold a candle [A] to you, _
_ _ [B] _ no one can light up the night like you do.
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