Same Old Lang Syne Chords by Dan Fogelberg

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[C] Met _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _
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[C] my old lover in [Am] the grocery store, the snow was falling [Am] Christmas Eve. _ _
[C] I stole behind her [Am] in the frozen foods, [D] and I touched her on [F] the sleeve. _ _
[C] She didn't [Am] recognize the face at first, [C] but then her eyes [E] blew open _ wide.
[C] She went to hug me and [E] she spilled her [Am] purse, and [F#] we laughed until we [F] cried.
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_ [C] Took her groceries to [Am] the checkout stand, [C] food was bottled up [Am] in bags.
_ [C] We stood there lost [D] in our [Am] embarrassment as [D] the _ [D] conversation [F] dragged.
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_ [C] Went to have [Am] ourselves a drink or [C] two, 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.
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_ [Am] _ We drank a [F] toast to innocence, [G] we drank a toast to [Am] now.
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_ [Am] She tried to reach me [F] on the emptiness, [G] but neither one knew how. _
_ [C] She said she married [Am] her in Arkansas, _ [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] the lie.
I [G] _
_ [C] _ said the years had [Am] been a friend to her, [C] and that her eyes were [A] still as blue.
_ [C] But in those eyes [Am] I wasn't sure if I [D] sought an outer [F] gratitude. _ _
_ [C] She said she saw [Am] me in the record store, _ [C] and that I must be [Am] 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.
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_ [Am] She tried to reach me [F] on 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] _ Through living [F] in our eloquence, _ [G] another old man died. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] The beer was empty and [Am] our tongues were tired, [C] and running out of things to [Am] say. _ _
She gave a kiss to [E] me as I [Am] got out, [D] and I watched her drive [F] away. _ _
[C] Just for a moment I [Am] was back in school, _ [A] _ _ [C] and felt that old familiar [Am] _
[A] pain.
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And as I turned to make [B] my way [Am] back home, [D] the snow turned _ into [G] _ rain.
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