The Way We Were Chords by Perry Como

[Start]

[Intro]
Bb Dsus4 Gm Gm7 Eb F
■  ■     ■  ■   ■  ■
Fsus4 Bb Eb Fsus4
■     ■  ■  ■    
Bb       Eb                         Gm  
Memories ■  light the corners of my mind


[Verse]
Eb D7                 Gm       Eb Fsus4      Bb Fsus4 Cm7 Fsus4
■  Misty watercolored memories ■  of the way we were  ■   ■    
Bb                 Eb Cm7    Eb        Gm          Bb
Scattered pictures ■  of the smiles we left behind ■ 
Ebmaj7 Dsus4                 Gm      Eb Fsus4       Bb     
■      Smiles we gave to one another ■  for the way we were
Bbsus4 Bb7 Bbsus4 Ebmaj7
■      ■   ■      ■     
                          Cm7       F7   Dm
Can it be that it was all so simple then ■ 
                      Dm7   G7  
Or has time rewritten every line
Cm7           Cm               Cm7    Fsus4
■   If we had the chance to do it all again
        Bbmaj7  
Tell me would we
Cm7      Fsus4
Could we ■    
Bb          Eb                  Gm     
■  Memories ■  may be beautiful and yet
Ebmaj7 D7                    Gm       Ebmaj7
■      What's too painful to remember ■     
   D7            Gm F      Eb
We simply choose to forget ■ 


[Chorus]
   Dm7               Ebmaj7    Dm7           Ebmaj7
So it's the laughter ■      we will remember ■     
            Dm7     
Whenever we remember
Cm7 Fsus4      Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
■   The way we were   ■     


[Outro]
F         Bb      Fsus4 Bb
■ The way we were ■     ■ 


[End]