Tom: A
Introdução: C Am C Am
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
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.
Interlude: Do intro chords
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
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
C Am
Bought a six pack at the liquor store
D7 Fm7 G
And we drank it in her car.
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.
(2nd Verse Chords
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.
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
Another "auld lang syne."
(2nd Verse Chords
Fm7/G G
The snow turned into rain.