The Way We Were chords by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

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Intro: Cadd9Cadd9 G+G x2


Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
The written word was just enough,
Cadd9Cadd9          E minorEm         D MajorD
To keep us going when the world would get a little tough.
   Cadd9Cadd9         G+G
And, I held you up when winter came,
Cadd9Cadd9             E minorEm     D MajorD
And no one said a thing when everything became so very
E minorEm        G+G      E minorEm      D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said.

Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
The spring held nothing but surprise,
Cadd9Cadd9            E minorEm    D MajorD
And all that we ignored was open to our eyes.
       Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
And I said, then maybe we should settle down,
Cadd9Cadd9        E minorEm     D MajorD
Find a cottage or a tunnel underground

And we'll be

  E minorEm      G+G     E minorEm       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,
 E minorEm      G+G     E minorEm       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said.
E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G       D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,
E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9     G+G     D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, we'll have to go,

E minorEm        Cadd9Cadd9
Back to the that we were
       G+G
Before we were us,
      D MajorD
Before I was me,
        E minorEm     Cadd9Cadd9
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
G+G          D MajorD
Than you'll ever see,
                 E minorEm G+G
'Cause that's the way it has to be,
         E minorEm D MajorD
The way it has to be.

Cadd9Cadd9          G+G
We felt the summer on our skin,
Cadd9Cadd9             E minorEm       D MajorD
We curled up in the warmth and let each other in.
       Cadd9Cadd9          G+G
And I asked, "Have you felt this way before..."
Cadd9Cadd9             E minorEm     D MajorD
You turned to me said "No I'll be forever yours..."

And we'll be...

 E minorEm      G+G     E minorEm       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,
 E minorEm      G+G     E minorEm       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said.
E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G       D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,
E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9     G+G     D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, we'll have to go,

E minorEm        Cadd9Cadd9
Back to the that we were
       G+G
Before we were us,
      D MajorD
Before I was me,
        E minorEm     Cadd9Cadd9
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
G+G          D MajorD
Than you'll ever see,

'Cause that's the way it has to...


E minorEm               Cadd9Cadd9
I would push and you would pull away from me my heart would bleed
  E minorEm               G+G
And I'd say things I didn't mean to try and get you back to me.
    E minorEm
We've bent the rules, played the games
  Cadd9Cadd9
And never said we felt the same.
 E minorEm
We ended things like we began.
  D MajorD (once)
And feared what we became...

      E minorEm         Cadd9Cadd9
So we'll go back, to the that we were,
        G+G
Before we were us,
       D MajorD
Before I was me,
         E minorEm    Cadd9Cadd9
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
   E minorEm        D MajorD
Than you'll ever see,

'Cause that's the way it has to...

 E minorEm          Cadd9Cadd9
Back to the way that we were,
        G+G
Before we were us,
       D MajorD
Before I was me,
         E minorEm    Cadd9Cadd9
Before we were happier than I've ever been,
   E minorEm       D MajorD
Than you'll ever see,
                 E minorEm  G+G  Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause that's the way it has to be.
D MajorD            E minorEm  D MajorD
That's the way it has to be.
         G+G      D(once)
The way it has to be.

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