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 A4/7 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