Tonart: Bb major
Intro 1
E
F#
E
F#
E
C#m
B
E
A
E
F#sus4
F#
B
E
G#m
A
B
E
F#sus4
B
F#sus4
Verse 1
C#m
B
E
Met my old lover in the grocery store
A
G#m
The snow was falling,
F#sus4
Christmas Eve
B
E
G#m
Stood up behind her in the frozen foods
A
B
E
F#sus4
And I touched her arm sleeve
Verse 2
C#m
B
E
She didn't recognize the face at first
A
G#m
F#sus4
B
But then her eyes flew open wide
G#m
she spilled her purse
A
B
E
And we laughed until we cried
Interlude 1
F#sus4
G
B
C#
E
D
D#
C#
G
B
C#
E
G
Verse 3
C#m
B
We took her groceries
A
G#m
F#sus4
F#
The food was totaled up and bagged
B
E
G#m
Stood there lost in her embarrassment
A
B
As the conversation dragged
Verse 4
F#sus4
F#
G
B
went to have
C#
E
ourselves a drink or two
D
D#
C#
Fdim
But couldn't find an open bar
G
B
We grabbed a six- pack
C#
E
at the liquor store
B
C#
G
And we drank it in her car
B
F
Verse 5
E
F#sus4
E
We drank a toast to innocence
Bsus4
E
We drank a toast
F#sus4
C#m
C#
G#
C#
G#
to now
E
F#sus4
We tried to reach bey
Bsus4
G
B
But neither one knew how
G#m
Em
Verse 6
C#m
B
E
She said she'd married her an architect
A
G#m
F#sus4
Who kept her warm, safe and dry
G
B
She would have liked to say
C#
E
she loved the man
B
G#m
Em
C
B
F
B
But she didn't like to lie
Verse 7
E
B
F
E
I said that years had been a friend to her
D
D#
C#
And that her eyes were just as blue
B
E
G#m
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
A
B
E
F#sus4
Saw doubt or gratitude
Verse 8
Em
C
She said she saw me in
Em
A
the record stores
That I must be doing well
F
Em
E
I said the audience was heavenly
Am
Bb
Am
But the travel
C
Verse 9
F
Gsus4
F
We drank a toast to innocence
Csus4
C
F
Gsus4
D
A
We drank a toast to now
F
Gsus4
We tried to reach bey
C
Am
Adim
But neither one knew how
C
Verse 10
F
G
F
We drank a toast to innocence
C
F
We drank a toast
G
D
A
D
F
to time
Gsus4
F
Reliving in our eloquence
Csus4
F
Bb
C
Am
F
Another old lang syn e
Fm
F
Verse 11
Gsus4
C
The beers was empty
F
and our tongues were tired
Bb
Am
F
Gsus4
G
And running out of things to say
C
F
C
F
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
Am
Bb
C
And I watched her drive
F
C
away
Verse 12
Dsus4
C
Just for a moment I was
F
Bb
back at school
Am
F
Gsus4
C
And felt that old familiar pain
F
And as I turned to make
G
Am
my way back home
Bb
C
F
The snow turned into rain...
Outro 1
F
C
D
F
C
D
C
D
F
Bb
D
Adim
C
D
F
C
Eaug
D
D
G#
C
D
F
Bb
Am
Ab
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