Same Old Lang Syne Chords by Dan Fogelberg

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