Tonart: Bb major
Intro 1
Ab
Bb
Ab
Bb
Ab
Fm
Eb
Ab
Db
Ab
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
Ab
Cm
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Bbsus4
Eb
Bbsus4
Verse 1
Fm
Eb
Ab
Met my old lover in the grocery store
Db
Cm
The snow was falling,
Bbsus4
Christmas Eve
Eb
Ab
Cm
Stood up behind her in the frozen foods
Db
Eb
Ab
Bbsus4
And I touched her arm sleeve
Verse 2
Fm
Eb
Ab
She didn't recognize the face at first
Db
Cm
Bbsus4
Eb
But then her eyes flew open wide
Ab
She went to hug me and
Cm
she spilled her purse
Db
Eb
Ab
And we laughed until we cried
Interlude 1
Bbsus4
B
Eb
F
Ab
Gb
G
F
B
Eb
F
Ab
B
Verse 3
Fm
Eb
We took her groceries
Ab
to the checkout stand
Db
Cm
Bbsus4
Bb
The food was totaled up and bagged
Eb
Ab
Cm
Stood there lost in her embarrassment
Db
Eb
As the conversation dragged
Verse 4
Bbsus4
Bb
B
Eb
went to have
F
Ab
ourselves a drink or two
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G
F
Adim
But couldn't find an open bar
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Eb
We grabbed a six- pack
F
Ab
at the liquor store
Eb
F
B
And we drank it in her car
Eb
A
Verse 5
Ab
Bbsus4
Ab
We drank a toast to innocence
Ebsus4
Ab
We drank a toast
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Fm
F
C
F
C
to now
Ab
Bbsus4
We tried to reach bey
Ebsus4
B
Eb
But neither one knew how
Cm
Abm
Verse 6
Fm
Eb
Ab
She said she'd married her an architect
Db
Cm
Bbsus4
Who kept her warm, safe and dry
B
Eb
She would have liked to say
F
Ab
she loved the man
Eb
Cm
Abm
E
Eb
A
Eb
But she didn't like to lie
Verse 7
Ab
Eb
A
Ab
I said that years had been a friend to her
Gb
G
F
And that her eyes were just as blue
Eb
Ab
Cm
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
Db
Eb
Ab
Bbsus4
Saw doubt or gratitude
Verse 8
Abm
E
She said she saw me in
G#m
C#
the record stores
That I must be doing well
A
G#m
G#
I said the audience was heavenly
C#m
D
C#m
But the travel
C#dim
ing was hell
E
Verse 9
A
Bsus4
A
We drank a toast to innocence
Esus4
E
A
Bsus4
F#
C#
We drank a toast to now
A
Bsus4
We tried to reach bey
E
C#m
C#dim
But neither one knew how
E
Verse 10
A
B
A
We drank a toast to innocence
E
A
We drank a toast
B
F#
C#
F#
A
to time
Bsus4
A
Reliving in our eloquence
Esus4
A
D
E
C#m
A
Another old lang syn e
Am
A
Verse 11
Bsus4
E
The beers was empty
A
and our tongues were tired
D
C#m
A
Bsus4
B
And running out of things to say
E
A
E
A
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
C#m
D
E
And I watched her drive
A
E
away
Verse 12
F#sus4
E
Just for a moment I was
A
D
back at school
C#m
A
Bsus4
E
And felt that old familiar pain
A
And as I turned to make
B
C#m
my way back home
D
E
A
The snow turned into rain...
Outro 1
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E
F#
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E
F#
E
F#
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D
F#
C#dim
E
F#
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E
G#aug
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C
E
Gb
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D
Dbm
C
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