Intro: C7+  Gm5-/7  C7/9+  Fm7

Well you ladies out there
you know what I'm
I'm talkin' 'bout ya
but you wanna know something?
did you ever try to remember or
or just place up a memory in your mind
and it always seems so far away
so hard to find

Ab7+      C#/Ab
Memories light the corners of my mind
      C7          Fm7     Eb7 C#7+
misty water-color memories
       Eb7    Ab7+  C#/Ab
of the way we were
            Ab7+   C#/Ab
Scattered pictures
                 Fm7    Fm/Eb C#7+
of the smiles we left behind
          C7          Fm7     Eb7
smiles we gave to one another
C#7+                   Eb7    Ab7+ Ab7
(oh yesterday) for the way we were

Tell me, tell me, tell me,
C#7+
Or if we live although
Cm7 Bbm7
So simple When
   Cm7                          F7
Or how strong and writen every lie
Bbm7   Bbm7+             Bbm7
If you have the chance to live your lives again
Ab7+
Tell me, how many even would you live your lives again
C#/Ab
How would to, you go
Ab7+     C#/Ab
Memories may be beautiful
Fm7    Fm/Eb  C#7+
Again, again
           C7          Fm7 Eb7 C#7+
What's too painful to remember
           C7        Fm7  Eb7 C#7
We simply choose to forget
                  Cm7
Although it's so  nice so
C#7+            Cm7
We choose so to remember
C#7+   Bbm7  Eb7
Oh you know it is
           Ab7+ C#/Ab
The way we were
           ( C#7+  C7/9+  Fm7 )
the way we were

whoaaahhhh