Merle Haggard - Old flames cant hold a candle to you

^DDowntown tonight I saw an old friend someone ^Gwho, I ^Ause to take comfort ^A7from long ^F#mbefore I met ^Dyou, And ^DI caught a spark in her eyes of forgotten ^Gdesire, And with a ^Aword or a touch I could have rekindled that ^Dfire.

Old ^F#mflames ^Dcan't hold a candle to ^Gyou,^{G/D G G/D A}No one can ^A7light up my night ^F#mlike you ^Ddo, ^DFlickering embers of love, I've known one or ^Gtwo, But ^Aold flames can't hold a candle to ^Dyou.

^EbSometimes at night I think of old lovers I've ^Abknown, And ^Bbremember how holding ^Bb7them made me not ^Bb6feel so ^Ebalone, ^EbThen I feel you beside me and even their ^Eb6memories are ^Abgone, And like ^Bbstars in the night lost in the sweet light of ^Ebdawn.

Old ^Bbflames ^Ebcan't hold a candle to ^Abyou^Ebmaj7. ^{Ab6 Abmaj7 Bb}No one can ^Bb6light ^Bb7up my night ^Bb6like you ^Ebdo. ^EbFlickering embers of love, I've ^Eb6known one or ^Abtwo.^{Ab6 Ab/Eb} But ^Bbold flames can't ^Gmhold a candle to ^Ebyou.

^EbFlickering embers of love, I've known one or ^Abtwo. But ^Bbold flames ^Bb7can't ^Gmhold a candle to ^Ebyou.