The Way We Were chords by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Chords with lyrics

Intro: Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD

Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
The written word was just enough,
Cadd9Cadd9            G+G        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            G+G     D MajorD
And no one said a thing when everything became so very
Cadd9Cadd9    G+G      E minor 7Em7        D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said.

Cadd9Cadd9            G+G
The spring held nothing but surprise,
Cadd9Cadd9            G+G      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        G+G      D MajorD
Find a cottage or a tunnel underground

And we'll be
Cadd9Cadd9     G+G     E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,
Cadd9Cadd9     G+G     E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said.
  E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,
  E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, we'll have to go,
E minorEm         C majorC
Back to the that we were
        G+G
Before we were us,
       D MajorD
Before I was me,
         E minorEm      C majorC
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
    G+G         D MajorD
Than you'll ever see,
                 E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause that's the way it has to be,
         G+G D MajorD
The way it has to be.
Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
We felt the summer on our skin,
Cadd9Cadd9              G+G       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           G+G     D MajorD
You turned to me said "No I'll be forever yours..."

And we'll be
Cadd9Cadd9     G+G     E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,
Cadd9Cadd9     G+G     E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
Complicated complicated complicated they said.
E minorEm    C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,
      E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
And I said ohhhhhhhohh, we'll have to go,
E minorEm         C majorC
Back to the that we were
        G+G
Before we were us,
       D MajorD
Before I was me,
         E minorEm      C majorC
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                C majorC
I would push and you would pull away from me my heart would bleed
  E minorEm               C majorC
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
   C majorC
And never said we felt the same.
 E minorEm
We ended things like we began.
  C majorC        D MajorD
And feared what we became...

      E minorEm          C majorC
So we'll go back, to the that we were,
        G+G
Before we were us,
       D MajorD
Before I was me,
         E minorEm     C majorC
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          C majorC
Back to the way that we were,
        G+G
Before we were us,
       D MajorD
Before I was me,
         E minorEm      C majorC
Before we were happier than I've ever been,
   G+G       D MajorD
Than you'll ever see,
                 E minor 7Em7  Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD
'Cause that's the way it has to be.
            E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9
That's the way it has to be.
         G+G  D MajorD
The way it has to be.

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