PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
196 - The Way We Were
Intro
(Piano intro, then…)
(humming over an entire verse) Hmm –mmm…
Verse 1
Mem---’ries--- ^ light the corners of my mind----
^ Misty water-color mem---’ries------
^ (quick) Of the way--- we were----
Verse 2
Scattered pic---tures---- of the smiles we left be-hind---
^ Smiles we gave to one an-oth-er---
(quick) For the way we were------
Middle 8
Can it be that it was all so sim-ple then---,
Or has time rewritten ev’ry line?---
If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me
would we?---
Could we?---
INSTRUMENTAL over middle 8 bars
Verse 3 and outro
Mem--’ries--- may be beautiful, and yet-----
^ What’s too painful to re-mem--ber-----
^ We simply choose to for-get----
^ So it’s the laugh-ter--
^ We will-- re-mem--ber---
Whenever we re-mem---ber---
(quick) The way--- we were----
The way we--- (pause) were--------
Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Music: Marvin Hamlisch The lyrics of this song detail the melancholic relationship between the two main characters in the 1973 film of the same name starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Its appeal was noted by several music critics, who felt its impact helped revive Streisand's career. It also won two Academy Awards, which were credited to the songwriters of the track. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Were_(song)