Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Ab
Bb
Ab
Bb
Ab
Fm
Eb
Ab
Db
Ab
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
Ab
Cm
Db
Eb
Ab
Bbsus4
Eb
Bbsus4
Verse 1
Fm
Eb
Ab
Met my old lover in the grocery store
Db
Cm
The snow was falling,
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
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
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
Gb
G
F
Adim
But couldn't find an open bar
B
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
Bbsus4
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
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
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
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
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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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