Same Old Lang Syne Chords by Dan Fogelberg

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_ [C] _ Met my old lover [Am] in the grocery [B] store, [C] snow was [Am] falling Christmas Eve.
_ [C] Stole [Am] behind her in the frozen foods, [D] and I touched her on [F] the sleeve.
[G] _ _ [C] She didn't [Am] recognize the face at first, [C] but then her eyes blew [Am] open _
[D] wide.
[C] She went to hug me [Am] and she spilled her purse, and [D] we [Bm] laughed until [F] we [G] cried.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ Took her groceries to the checkout stand, _ food was totaled [Am] up in bags.
_ [C] We stood there lost in [Am] our embarrassed lunch as the [Bm] _ conversation [F] dragged. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ Went to have ourselves a drink or two, but couldn't find [Am] an open _ bar.
_ We bought a six-pack at the liquor store, and we [D] drank it [F] in a car.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ We drank [F] our toast to innocence, [G] we drank our toast [Am] to now.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ Tried to reach [F] beyond the emptiness, [G] but neither one knew how.
_ _ [C] She said she married [Am] her in art, _ [C] _ kept her warm and [Am] safe and dry.
_ [C] _ She would have liked to [Am] say she loved the man, but she [D] didn't like [F] the lie.
_ [G] _ [C] She said the years had been a [Am] friend to her, [C] _ that her eyes were [Dm] still as _ [G] blue.
[C] _ In those eyes [Am] I wasn't sure if I [D] saw doubt or [F] gratitude. _
_ [G] _ [C] She said she saw [Am] me in the record stores, [C] _ that I must be [Am] doing well.
[C] I said the [Am] audience was heavenly, [D] but the traveling [F] was [G] hell.
_ [Am] _ We drank our [F] toast to innocence, [G] we drank our toast [Am] to now. _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ Tried to reach [F] beyond the emptiness, [G] but neither one knew _ _ how.
[Am] _ We drank our toast [F] to innocence, [G] we drank our toast to [Am] time.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ Living in [F] our eloquence, [G] in another [C] old [G] line and time. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] The beer was empty [Am] and our tongues were [G] tired, [C] _ running out [Am] of things to say.
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She gave a kiss [G] to me as [Am] I yelled, and [D] I watched her [Bm] drive [F] away.
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_ [C] Just for a moment [Am] I was back in school, _ [G] _ [C] and felt that old [Am] familiar _ [G] pain.
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And as I turned to [Am] make my way back home, [D] the snow [Bm] turned [D] into _
_ [C] rain.
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