Tono: C
Introducción:
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C Am
Met my old lover in a grocery store
C Am
The snow was falling Christmas eve
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I stole behind her in the frozen foods
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And I touched her on her sleeve
C Am
She didn't recognize the face at first
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But then her eye flew open wide
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She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
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And we laughed until we cried.
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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
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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
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And we drank it in her car.
Am F
We drank a toast to innocence
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We drank a toast to now
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We tried to reach beyond the emptiness
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But neither one knew how.
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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
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But the travelling was hell.
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
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But neither one knew how.
Am F
We drank a toast to innocence
G Am
We drank a toast to time.
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Reliving in our eloquence
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Another "auld lang syne."