Chords for Dan Fogelberg ~ Same Old Lang Syne (v1) ~ Dan Fogelberg

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[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.
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[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] _ 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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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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