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Getting Started - by KeyKingdom
To learn Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: C, Am, G, C, Am, D, F, Am, F, G. To get a solid grasp, start slowly at 53 BPM and then match the original tempo of 107 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C.
C _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ _ .
C _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ _ .
C _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _ _
F _ _
G _ _ .
C Met my old lover
Am in the grocery
B store,
C the snow was falling
Am Christmas Eve _ .
C I stole behind
Am her in the frozen foods and
D I touched her
F on the sleeve.
_
G.
C She _ didn't recognize
Am the face at first,
C but then her eyes
Am flew open wide _ .
_
C She went to hug
Am me and she spilled her purse
D and we
Bm laughed
D until we
F _
G cried.
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C _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ .
C _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ _ .
C _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ _ .
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D _ _ _
F _ _
G _ _ .
C _ Took her groceries to the jack-up stand, food was
Am bottled up in bags.
C We stood there lost
Em in our
Am embarrassment as
Bm the _
D F conversation dragged.
G _ _ .
C _ Went to have
Am ourselves a drink or
Em _ .
C two, but couldn't find
Am an open bar.
G _ .
C We bought a six
Am-pack at the liquor store and
D we drank it
F in her
G car _ .
Am We drank
F a 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 in art, _ _ .
C _ kept her warm and
Am safe and
C dry _ .
She would have liked to
Am say she loved the man,
D but she didn't like
F the lie.
G I
C _ said the years had
Am been a friend to
Em her,
C _ that her eyes were
Dm still as blue.
G _ .
C But in those eyes I
Am wasn't sure if
Em I
D saw doubt or
F gratitude.
_
G _ .
C She said she saw me
Am in the record store,
G _ .
C that I must be doing well.
I said the audience
Am was heavenly, but
D the traveling
F was hell.
G _ _ .
Am We drank a toast
F to innocence, we
G drank a toast to
Am now.
Em We
Am _ .
tried to reach
F beyond the emptiness,
G but neither one knew _ how.
Am.
We drank a
F toast to innocence,
G we drank a toast
Am to time.
Em We're
Am _ .
_ living
F in our eloquence, _
G.
another
C old
G _ man's eye.
The _ _ _ _
C _ beer was empty
Am and our tongues were
G tired,
C _ running out
Am of things to say.
_
C She gave a kiss to me
B as I
Am got, and
D I watched her drive
F away.
G _
C Just
Em for a moment
Am I was back at school, _ _
G _ .
C and felt that old
Am familiar pain _ .
_ _ _ _
C And
G as I turned to
Am make my way back home,
G D the snow
Bm turned _
D into
C _ rain.
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