The Way We Were chords by Hall

Chords with lyrics

Hi guys,
if you play it on an acoustic guitar put a capo on the first fret and play the
open chords Em; C; G; D; Dsus4. Have fun :)


Intro

F minorFm C#C# G#G# D#D#

Verse 1

F minorFm
   This is how it began
C#C#
   This is how it was
G#G#             D#D#    D#sus4D#sus4
   When we didn't have a clue, now here we are
F minorFm
   It was long foreshadowed
C#C#
   We didn't realize
G#G#                D#D#        D#sus4D#sus4
   That it was our last chance, time to go inside

Prechorus

F minorFm
You didn't say goodbye, you
  C#C#
You rather carved these lines
G#G#                 D#D#         D#sus4D#sus4
About your fears, about your anger and about your pride
  F minorFm
It was a bitter mixture
  C#C#
And everything we've seen
  G#G#               D#D#
It build without a question on all that we've ever been

Chorus

F minorFm
Everything we've been
C#C#
Everything we've seen
G#G#                 D#D#           D#sus4D#sus4
All that we had built on all that, built on all that we had
F minorFm
Everything we've been
C#C#
Everything we've seen
G#G#                 D#D#           D#sus4D#sus4 F minorFm C#C# G#G# D#sus4D#sus4
All that we had built on all that, built on all that we had been

Verse 2

F minorFm
   This is how it started
C#C#
   This is how it went
G#G#             D#D#     D#sus4D#sus4
   When we didn't have a plan and it went bad
F minorFm
   That's the way we were but
C#C#
   The days aren't coming back
G#G#              D#D#             D#sus4D#sus4
   And still we are staying here, tell me why the heck

Prechorus 2

F minorFm
You didn't say goodbye, you
  C#C#
You rather carved these lines
G#G#                 D#D#
About your fears, about your anger and about your pride

Chorus

F minorFm
Everything we've been
C#C#
Everything we've seen
G#G#                 D#D#           D#sus4D#sus4
All that we had built on all that, built on all that we had
F minorFm
Everything we've been
C#C#
Everything we've seen
G#G#                 D#D#           D#sus4D#sus4 F minorFm C#C# G#G# D#sus4D#sus4
All that we had built on all that, built on all that we had been

Bridge

F minorFm       C#C#
This is how it was
          G#G#
This is what we've seen
         D#D#     D#sus4D#sus4
This is just the way that we have been
F minorFm       C#C#
This is how it went
           G#G#
Went through hell and back
         D#D#       D#sus4D#sus4  F minorFm C#C# G#G# D#D# D#sus4D#sus4
Burned our ivory skin and broke our necks

Chorus

F minorFm
Everything we've been
C#C#
Everything we've seen
G#G#                 D#D#           D#sus4D#sus4
All that we had built on all that, built on all that we had
F minorFm
Everything we've been
C#C#
Everything we've seen
G#G#                 D#D#           D#sus4D#sus4
All that we had built on all that, built on all that we had been

Outro

F minorFm
   This is the road we went down
C#C#
   This is the way we all know
G#G#
   This is the path we must go
D#D#          D#sus4D#sus4
   This is the way
F minorFm
   This is the road we went down
C#C#
   This is the way we are now
G#G#
   And now we're dying alone
D#D#          D#sus4D#sus4 F minorFm
   This is the way we   were