Chords for Tom T. Hall - The Way We Were

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_ _ _ _ [Bm] Memory, _ [C] _ _ light the corners [Em] of my mind, _ _
_ [C] _ _ Misty [B] watercolor _ [Em] _ memory _ [G] of [C] _ _ _ [D] _
the [G] way we were. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
Scattered [G] picture of [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ the smiles [Em] we left behind,
_ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ Smiles we [Eb]
gave to [Em] one another _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] for the way [G] we were. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] Can it be that it was all [Am] so simple then, _
_ [Bm] _ Or has time rewritten [E] the line? _ _
_ [Am] If we had the chance to do it all again, _
Tell [G] me would we, _ _ _
_ [D] could we?
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Memory _ [C] _ may be beautiful [Em] and yet, _ _ _
_ [C] _ What's too [Eb] painful to [Em] _ _ remember, _
_ [C] We simply [B] choose to [Em] forget. _ _ _
_ [C] _ So _ _ [Bm] it's the laughter _ _
_ [C] _ we _ will [Bm] _ remember, _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Whenever we [Bm] _ _ remember, _
[Am] The _ _ [D] _ _
[G] way we were, _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
the way [G] we [B] were.
_ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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