Same Old Lang Syne Chords by Dan Fogelberg

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