Written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch
C7M Em7 F7M Am9 Am F7M Mem'ries light the corners of my mind Em7 E7 Am Am7+ F7M Misty water-colored mem'ries E4/7 E7 C7M Am7 Dm7 G7 of the way we were C7M Em7 F7M Am9 Am F7M Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Em7 E7 Am Am7+ F7M E4/7 E7 C7M C7 Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were Bridge F7M Em7 Dm7 Can it be that it was all so simple then Em Em7 A4sus7 A7 Or has time rewritten every line Dm Dm7+ Dm7 If we had the chance to do it all again Em7 C7M F G7 Tell me, would we, could we C7M Em7 F7M Am9 Am F7M Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet Em7 E7 Am Am7+ F7M What's too painful to remember E4/7 E7 Am7 Am7/G F7M We simply choose to forget Em7 F7M Em7 F7M So it's the laughter we will remember Em7 Am7 Dm7 Whenever we remember Dm7/G C7M F7M F The way we were Fm C F7M C7M The way we were