12 Chords used in the song: C, Am, D7/F#, F, G, D, FM7/G, CM7, Dm6, Fm6, Em, Bb7
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Intro: C-Am-C-Am-
C-Am-D7/F#-F-G-
C Am
Met my old lover in a grocery store
C Am
The snow was falling Christmas eve
C Am
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
D F 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
D F G
And we laughed until we cried.
Interlude: C-Am-C-Am-
C-Am-D7/F#-F-G-
C Am
She took her groc'ries to the check-out stand
C Am
The food was totaled up and bagged
C Am
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
D F G
As the conversation dragged
C Am
Went to have ourselves a drink or two
C Am
But couldn't find and open bar
C Am
Bought a six-pack at the liquor store
D F 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 F
We tried to reach beyond the emptiness
G
But neither one knew how.
C Am
She said she married her an architect
C Am
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
C Am
She would've liked to say she loved the man
D F G
But she didn't like to lie.
C Am
I said the years had been a friend to her
C Am
And her eyes was still as blue
C Am
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
D F G
Saw a doubt of gratitude.
C Am
She said she saw me in the record stores
C Am
And that I must be doing well
C Am
I said the audience was heavenly
D F
But the travelling was hell.
Refrain:
Am F
We drank a toast to innocence
G Am
We drank a toast to now
Am F
We tried to reach beyond the 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."
C Am
The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
C Am
And running out of things to say
C Am
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
D F G
And I watched her drive away
C Am
Just for a moment I was back in school
C Am
And felt that old familiar pain
C Am
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
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About this song: Same Old Lang Syne
According to the Same Old Lang Syne Songfacts, as Fogelberg tells it on his official website, the song is totally autobiographical. He was visiting family back home in Peoria, Illinois in the mid-'70s when he ran into an old girlfriend at a convenience store.After Fogelberg's death from prostate cancer in 2007, the woman who he wrote the song about came forward with her story. Her name is Jill Greulich, and she and Fogelberg dated in high school when she was Jill Anderson. Read more on Last.fm.