The Way We Were — Barbra Streisand
Chords and lyrics for The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand (key of C).
Verse 1
[CM7]Mem'ries [Em7] light the[FM7] corners [Am9]of my [Am]mind,[FM7]
[Em7]Misty water-colored [E7][Am]mem'ries [Am+7] [FM7]
of the[E7sus4] way [E7]we [CM7][Am7]were.[G7][Dm7]
[CM7]Scattered [Em7]pictures [FM7] of the [Am9]smiles we [Am]left [FM7]behind,
Smiles we [Em7]gave to [E7]one [Am][Am+7]another [FM7] for the[E7sus4] way [E7]we [CM7]were.[C7]
Bridge
[FM7]Can it be that it was [Em7]all so [Dm7]simple then?
[Em]Or has time [Em7]rewritten every[A7sus4] line?[A7]
[Dm]If we had the [Dm+7]chance to [Dm7]do it all again,
[Em7]Tell me, [CM7]would we, [F]could we?[G7]
[CM7]Mem'ries [Em7] may be [FM7]beautiful and[Am9] yet[FM7][Am]
What's too [Em7]painful [E7]to [Am][Am+7]re-mem-ber, [FM7]
We [E7sus4]simply choose [E7]to [Am7][Am7/G]forget.[FM7]
So it's the [Em7]laughter [FM7] we will [Em7]remember[FM7]
Whenever we [Em7][Am7]re-mem-ber [Dm7]
The[Dm7/G] way we [CM7]were, [FM7][F]
The [Fm]way we [C][FM7]were.[CM7]
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