A    C#m7       Dmaj7                             F#m   F#m/E
Mem'ries,            light the corners of my mind,
Dmaj7    C#m7     C#7       F#m  F#m/E
Misty      water-colored      mem'    ries
 Dmaj7      E7sus     E7     Amaj7  F#m7    Bm7    D/E
        of the way       we      were.                        Scattered

A     C#m7   Dmaj7                    F#m    F#m/E
Pictures,        of the smiles we left behind,
 Dmaj7         C#m          C#7    F#m  F#m/E  Dmaj7       E7sus  E7 Amaj7     A7
Smiles we      gave to one an      oth    er,            for the way    we    were.

Dmaj7                         C#m7     Bm7
Can it be that it was all so         simple then?
C#m7            C#m7             F#7sus    F#7  
Or has time rewritten every  line
Bm7                Bm7/A           E7sus
If we had the chance to do it all again, 
E7         Amaj7     D/E           E7
Tell me, would we, could we

A    C#m7      Dmaj7                         F#m  F#m/E
Mem'ries,            may be beautiful and yet
 Dmaj7            C#m7       C#7       F#m  F#m/E
     What's too painful     to re-      mem-ber,
Dmaj7            C#7sus        C#7    F#m7 F#m7/E 
   We   simply choose   to for   -    get.

 Dmaj7              C#m7       Dmaj7         C#m7      
        So it's the laugh ter, we will          remember
 Dmaj7                   C#m7  F#m7   Bmn7
     Whenever we re-mem  - ber
Bm7/E           Amaj7  Dmaj7
The way we    were,
 D/E                 Amaj7  Dmaj7  Amaj7
      The way we were.