Em Am Em Am C  G
Em Am Em Am C  G


[Verse 1]
G                          C
The knees are bent and the hands are clasped
    D               C
The painted head is bowed
  G                      C
A sudden glimpse through heaven’s gate
   D              C
Is all that I'm allowed
   G                    C
My hair is black and my eyes are green
    D               C
But Marie is not my name


[Refrain]
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame


[Chorus]
           C          Bm7
His lamest flame will be
    Am7                G
Too brief and burn too pale
          C         Bm7      Am7          D
And all attempts to fire it up again will fail
  G            C
I run around behind his friends
    D                C
And play the waiting game


[Refrain]
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame


[Interlude]
Em Am Em Am C  G


[Verse 2]
G               C                     D             C
I tell myself a million times there’s nothing I can do
   G             C
So why do I keep holding on?
  D           C
I only wish I knew
      G                   C
I was born too weak and I feel like a fool
         D           C
But he's out of my domain


[Refrain]
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame


[Chorus]
           C          Bm7
His lamest flame will die
  Am7               G
Before the night is out
       C       Bm7
Just a heap of ash
    Am7             D
The wind has blown about


[Verse 3]
    G                   C
For him, these feelings fade away
        D                     C
But for me, they’re still the same


[Refrain]
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame


[Guitar Solo]
G  C  D  C
G  C  D  C
G  C  D  C
Em Am Em Am
C  G


[Chorus]
           C        Bm7
His lamest flame is here
    Am7            G
And flickering its last
                C     Bm7
And through the dying light
   Am7            D
We journey to the past


[Verse 4]
    G                 C
But still I’d give up all I’ve got
   D              C
To have him back again


[Outro]
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame
Em      Am     Em  Am         C
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na, na
           G
His lamest flame