THE WAY WE WERE Hamlish & Bergman Barbra Streisand
| C / CM7 / | FM7 / G7 / | C / CM7 / | F / G7 / |
C CM7 FM7 F Am9 Am7
| Mem mm ories ss.| ss Light^the corners of^my | mind dd dd dd.|
F Em7 E7 Am Am7 F G7 C CM7
| dd Misty water color | mem mm ories ss | ss Of^the way y^we | were ee // |
F G7 C CM7 FM7 F Am9 Am7
| // Scat tered | pic cc tures ss.| ss Of^the smiles^we left^be | hind dd dd dd.|
F Em7 E7 Am9 Am7 F G7
| dd Smiles^we gave^to one^anot | hh hh er rr.| rr ~ For=the way y^we |
C CM7 C7 F Dm7
| were ee // | //// | Can^it be^that it^was all^so | simple then nn nn |
Em7 A7 Dm7
| Or^has time^re written every | line ee ee ee | If^we had^the chance^to do^it |
G7 CM7 F
| all^a gain nn Tell^me | would^we ee ee ee | Could^we ee ee ee |
C CM7 FM7 Am9 Am7
| Mem mm ories ss.| ss May^be beauti ful^and | yet tt tt tt.|
F Em7 E7 Am Am7 FM7 E7
| tt Whats^too painful to^re | mem mm ber rr | ~ ^We simply ^choose to ^for |
Am F Em7 F Em7
| get tt tt tt | / So its the | laugh hh ter rr | / We will re | mem mm ber rr.|
F Em7 Am7 Dm7 C FM7
| rr ~ ^When ever we^re | mem mm ber rr.| rr ~ ^The way y^we | were ee ee ee.|
F C FM7 CM7
| ee ~ ^The way we | were ee ee ee | ee ee ee ee ||
About this song:
The Way We Were is performed by Barbra Streisand and written by Hamlish & Bergman.
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