Barbra Streisand - The way we were

^CM7Mem'ries ^Em7 light the^FM7 corners ^Am9of my ^Ammind, ^FM7 Em7 E7 Am Am+7 FM7 Misty water-colored mem'ries

of the^E7sus4 way ^E7we w^CM7ere. ^{Am7 Dm7 G7}

Sc^CM7attered p^Em7ictures ^FM7 of the sm^Am9iles we l^Ameft be^FM7hind, Em7 E7 Am Am+7 FM7 E7sus4 E7 CM7 C7 Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were.

^FM7Can it be that it was ^Em7all so ^Dm7simple then? ^EmOr has time re^Em7written every^A7sus4 line? ^A7

^Em7Tell me, ^CM7would we, c^Fould we? ^G7

Me^CM7m'ries ^Em7 may be ^FM7beautiful and^Am9 yet ^{Am FM7} Em7 E7 Am Am+7 FM7 What's too painful to re-mem-ber,

We simpl^E7sus4y choose ^E7to for^Am7get. ^{Am7/G FM7} So it's the l^Em7aughter ^FM7 we will re^Em7member^FM7

Whenever we re-^Em7mem-^Am7ber ^Dm7 The^Dm7/G way we w^CM7ere, ^{FM7 F}

The ^Fmway we w^Cere. ^{FM7 CM7}