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

[C] [Am] .
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[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.
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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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[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.
[G] [C] .
[F] [C] .
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[G] [Dm] .
[C] [Am] [C] .
[F] [G] .
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[D] [E] .
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[G] [Bb] .
[Fm] [C] .
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[N] .