Key: Bb major
Intro 1
A
B
A
B
A
F#m
E
A
D
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Bsus4
B
E
A
C#m
D
E
A
Bsus4
E
Bsus4
Verse 1
F#m
E
A
Met my old lover in the grocery store
D
C#m
The snow was falling,
E
A
C#m
Stood up behind her in the frozen foods
D
E
A
Bsus4
And I touched her arm sleeve
Verse 2
F#m
E
A
She didn't recognize the face at first
D
C#m
Bsus4
E
But then her eyes flew open wide
D
E
A
And we laughed until we cried
Interlude 1
Bsus4
C
E
F#
A
G
G#
F#
C
E
F#
A
C
Verse 3
F#m
E
We took her groceries
D
C#m
Bsus4
B
The food was totaled up and bagged
E
A
C#m
Stood there lost in her embarrassment
D
E
As the conversation dragged
Verse 4
Bsus4
B
C
E
went to have
F#
A
ourselves a drink or two
G
G#
F#
Bbdim
But couldn't find an open bar
C
E
We grabbed a six- pack
F#
A
at the liquor store
E
F#
C
And we drank it in her car
E
Bb
Verse 5
A
Bsus4
A
We drank a toast to innocence
Esus4
A
We drank a toast
Bsus4
F#m
F#
C#
F#
C#
to now
A
Bsus4
We tried to reach bey
Esus4
C
E
But neither one knew how
C#m
Am
Verse 6
F#m
E
A
She said she'd married her an architect
D
C#m
Bsus4
Who kept her warm, safe and dry
C
E
She would have liked to say
F#
A
she loved the man
E
C#m
Am
F
E
Bb
E
But she didn't like to lie
Verse 7
A
E
Bb
A
I said that years had been a friend to her
G
G#
F#
And that her eyes were just as blue
E
A
C#m
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
D
E
A
Bsus4
Saw doubt or gratitude
Verse 8
Am
F
She said she saw me in
Am
D
the record stores
That I must be doing well
Bb
Am
A
I said the audience was heavenly
Dm
Eb
Dm
But the travel
F
Verse 9
Bb
Csus4
Bb
We drank a toast to innocence
Fsus4
F
Bb
Csus4
G
D
We drank a toast to now
Bb
Csus4
We tried to reach bey
F
Dm
Ddim
But neither one knew how
F
Verse 10
Bb
C
Bb
We drank a toast to innocence
F
Bb
We drank a toast
C
G
D
G
Bb
to time
Csus4
Bb
Reliving in our eloquence
Fsus4
Bb
Eb
F
Dm
Bb
Another old lang syn e
Bbm
Bb
Verse 11
Csus4
F
The beers was empty
Eb
Dm
Bb
Csus4
C
And running out of things to say
F
Bb
F
Bb
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
Dm
Eb
F
And I watched her drive
Bb
F
away
Verse 12
Gsus4
F
Just for a moment I was
Bb
Eb
back at school
Dm
Bb
Csus4
F
And felt that old familiar pain
C
Dm
my way back home
Eb
F
Bb
The snow turned into rain...
Outro 1
Bb
F
G
Bb
F
G
F
G
Bb
Eb
G
Ddim
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G
Bb
F
Aaug
G
G
C#
F
G
Bb
Eb
Dm
Db
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