Chords for Dan Fogelberg ~ Same Old Lang Syne (v2) ~ Dan Fogelberg

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