Chords for Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne (from Live: Greetings from the West)

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_ [C] So many people [Am] through the years have come forward and said, wow, this is exactly what happened in my [Cm] life
You know, it's like you wrote [Am] how could you know that that happened?
Those [C] songs are few [G] and far between where you [C] touch a nerve in a lot of [F#] people
About a particular incident in [F] their lives and old [G] lion's eye was that way
[C] My old [Am] lover in the grocery store
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[C] Snow was falling [Am] Christmas Eve
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[C] I stole behind [Am] her in the frozen boots and [F#] I touched her on the [F] sleeve
[G] She _
[C] _ didn't [Am] recognize the face at [G] first
[C] Then her eyes blew [Am] open wide _
[C] She went to hug me [Am] and she spilled her purse and [F#] we laughed until [F] we [G] cried _
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[C] Took her groceries to [Am] the checkout [Em] stand
[C] Food was totaled up in bed
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[C] Stood there lost [Am] in our embarrassment as [F#] the [D] _ [F] conversation dragged
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[C] Went [Em] to have ourselves [Am] a drink or [Em] two
[C] _ Couldn't find an [Am] open bar
[Em] _
[C] _ Bought a six [Am]-pack at the thrift store and [D] we drank it [F#] in a [F] car
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[Am] Drank _ a toast [F] to innocence
We [G] drank the toast to [Am] now
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[Am] Tried to reach beyond [F] the emptiness
[G] Me the one who had
She _
[C] said she married her [Am] man, Arkin _ _
[C] Kept her woman safe [Am] and dry _
[C] She wouldn't like to say [Am] she loved the man, but [D] she didn't [F] like to lie
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[C] Said the years [Am] had been a friend to her
[C] That her eyes were still [Am] as blue _
[C] But her handles I [Am] know they're sure if I [F#] saw a girl
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] She [C] said
There's no me [Am] in your record stores
[G] _
[C] Man I must [Am] be doing _ well
[C] 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 the [Am] toast to now
_ [Em] _ _
[Am] Tried to reach beyond [F] the emptiness
[G] Me the one who had _ _
[Am] _ Drank a toast [F] to innocence
We [G] drank the [Am] toast to now
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[Am] _ We're living [F] in our _ eloquence
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Beer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
empty [G] and our tongues
were tired
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Running out of things [Am] to say
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She gave [G] a kiss to me as I [Am] got out
[D] And I watched her drop
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ Just for a moment [G] I [Em] was back at [Am] school _
Felt _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ that old [G] familiar [Am] pain
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As _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] I turned [Am] to make [G] my way [Am] back home
_ [D] _ Snow _ turned [Bm] _
_ [D] into _ _ _ [F] rain
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[G] Thank _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[Fm] you _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] so much
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