Same Old Lang Syne

Intro:  C Am C Am
        C Am D7/F# F G


  C                        Am
Met my old lover in a grocery store
  C                                
The snow was falling Christmas eve
Am

  C                            Am
I stole behind her in the frozen 
foods
        D7/F#               Fm7  G
And I touched her on her sleeve
  C                          Am
She didn't recognize the face at 
first
  C                            Am
But then her eye flew open wide
  C                             Am
She went to hug me and she spilled 
her purse
          D7              Fm7  G
And we laughed until we cried.


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  C                                
She took her groc'ries to the check
Am
 out stand
  C                             Am
The food was totaled up and bagged
  C                       
We stood there lost in our 
       Am
embarrassment
           D7           Fm7   G
As the conversation dragged
  C                          Am
Went to have ourselves a drink or 
two
  C                           Am
But couldn't find and open bar
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  C                           Am
Bought a six pack at the liquor 
store
         D7            Fm7 G
And we drank it in her car.


Refrain:
Am                      F
We drank a toast to innocence
     G              Am
We drank a toast to now
Am                         
We tried to reach beyond the 
      F
emptiness
      G
But neither one knew how.


        (2nd Verse Chords
She said she married her an 
architect
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She would've liked to say she loved 
the man
But she didn't like to lie.
I said the years had been a friend 
to her
And her eyes was still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
Saw a doubt of gratitude.

  C                         Am
She said she saw in the record 
stores
  C                    Am
And that I must be doing well
  C                         Am
I said the audience was heavenly
           D7          F
But the travelling was hell.

Refrain:
Am                      F
We drank a toast to innocence
     G              Am
We drank a toast to now
Am                         
We tried to reach beyond the 
      F
emptiness
      G
But neither one knew how.
Am                     F
We drank a toast to innocence
     G              Am
We drank a toast to time.
Am                   F
Reliving in our eloquence
   G                pause
Another "auld lang syne."


        (2nd Verse Chords
The beer was empty and our tongues 
were tired
And running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away
Just for a moment I was back in 
school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back 
home
                      Fm7/G G
The snow turned into rain.


Outro:  Cm7 Dm6 Cm7 F G
        C Fm6 Em
        F G Bb7 Cm7