Key: Bb major
Intro 1
B
C#
B
C#
B
G#m
F#
B
E
B
C#sus4
C#
F#
B
D#m
E
F#
B
C#sus4
F#
C#sus4
Verse 1
G#m
F#
B
Met my old lover in the grocery store
E
D#m
The snow was falling,
F#
B
D#m
Stood up behind her in the frozen foods
E
F#
B
C#sus4
And I touched her arm sleeve
Verse 2
G#m
F#
B
She didn't recognize the face at first
E
D#m
C#sus4
F#
But then her eyes flew open wide
E
F#
B
And we laughed until we cried
Interlude 1
C#sus4
D
F#
G#
B
A
A#
G#
D
F#
G#
B
D
Verse 3
G#m
F#
We took her groceries
E
D#m
C#sus4
C#
The food was totaled up and bagged
F#
B
D#m
Stood there lost in her embarrassment
E
F#
As the conversation dragged
Verse 4
C#sus4
C#
D
F#
went to have
G#
B
ourselves a drink or two
A
A#
G#
Cdim
But couldn't find an open bar
D
F#
We grabbed a six- pack
G#
B
at the liquor store
F#
G#
D
And we drank it in her car
F#
C
Verse 5
B
C#sus4
B
We drank a toast to innocence
F#sus4
B
We drank a toast
C#sus4
G#m
G#
D#
G#
D#
to now
B
C#sus4
We tried to reach bey
F#sus4
D
F#
But neither one knew how
D#m
Bm
Verse 6
G#m
F#
B
She said she'd married her an architect
E
D#m
C#sus4
Who kept her warm, safe and dry
D
F#
She would have liked to say
G#
B
she loved the man
F#
D#m
Bm
G
F#
C
F#
But she didn't like to lie
Verse 7
B
F#
C
B
I said that years had been a friend to her
A
A#
G#
And that her eyes were just as blue
F#
B
D#m
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
E
F#
B
C#sus4
Saw doubt or gratitude
Verse 8
Bm
G
She said she saw me in
Bm
E
the record stores
That I must be doing well
C
Bm
B
I said the audience was heavenly
Em
F
Em
But the travel
G
Verse 9
C
Dsus4
C
We drank a toast to innocence
Gsus4
G
C
Dsus4
A
E
We drank a toast to now
C
Dsus4
We tried to reach bey
G
Em
Edim
But neither one knew how
G
Verse 10
C
D
C
We drank a toast to innocence
G
C
We drank a toast
D
A
E
A
C
to time
Dsus4
C
Reliving in our eloquence
Gsus4
C
F
G
Em
C
Another old lang syn e
Cm
C
Verse 11
Dsus4
G
The beers was empty
F
Em
C
Dsus4
D
And running out of things to say
G
C
G
C
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
Em
F
G
And I watched her drive
C
G
away
Verse 12
Asus4
G
Just for a moment I was
C
F
back at school
Em
C
Dsus4
G
And felt that old familiar pain
D
Em
my way back home
F
G
C
The snow turned into rain...
Outro 1
C
G
A
C
G
A
G
A
C
F
A
Edim
G
A
C
G
Baug
A
A
D#
G
A
C
F
Em
Eb
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