C 
Greetings from Las Vegas 
G 
Or so the postcard said 
F                        C      
Lipstick on a coffee cup blood red 
C 
These little memories like cinders 
G 
Have kept him warm for years 
F                                        C 
>From the fire he remembered they're now souvenirs 
                  Am      F              C 
She shined like a diamond burned like a fever 
                     Am     F            G  F 
But he was a classic runner a common deceiver 
                       C       F              C 
But the flame that she sparked rose just high enough 
                    G       F                C   G  F   C 
To keep him sifting through the ashes of old love 
C  
There's an eight by ten reminder 
G 
On the table by the bed 
F 
Perfume on the pillow 
          C 
Where she laid her head 
C 
There ain't nothing colder 
G 
Than a young mans foolish pride 
F 
Words left unsaid that smolder 
C 
Down deep inside 
                  Am      F              C 
She shined like a diamond burned like a fever 
                     Am     F            G  F 
But he was a classic runner a common deciever 
                       C       F              C 
But the flame that she sparked rose just high enough 
                    G       F                C   G  F   C 
To keep him sifting through the ashes of old love 
 
 
>From Stacy Dean Campbell "Ashes Of Old Love" 
Paladin Records 1999 
Reynsong Publishing Corp(BMI)