The Song We Were Singing - PAUL MCCARTNEY - FLAMING PIE (1997) THE SONG WE WERE SINGING (c) 1997 MPL Communications Inc. Published by MPL Communications Ltd. Chords used: EADGBE D: xx0232 Em: 022000 F#m: 244222 C: x32010 G: 320003 D6/9: xx0200 INTRO / RIFF: D Em F#m Em D Em F#m Em E:---------------------------------- B:---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-- G:---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0-- D:---0---2---4---2---0---2---4---2-- A:---------------------------------- E:---------------------------------- D Em F#m For a while we could sit, smoke a pipe Em D Em F#m Em And discuss all the vast intricacies of life D Em We could jaw through the night F#m Em D Em Talk about a range of subjects, anything you like D6/9 Oh yeah D6/9 E:--------0------- B:------0--------- G:----2----------- D:--0------------- A:---------------- E:---------------- C G D But we always came back to the song we were singing C G D At any particular time C G D Yeah, we always came back to the song we were singing C G G D At any particular time [RIFF] Take a sip, see the world through a glass And speculate about the cosmic solution To the sound, blue guitars Caught up in a philosophical discussion F#m Em D [=RIFF 2] Oh yeah F#m Em D E:------------------- B:------0------------ G:----2-------------- D:--4------0--2------ A:---------2--0------ E:------------------- But we always came back to the song we were singing At any particular time Yeah, we always came back to the song we were singing At any particular time For a while we could sit, smoke a pipe And discuss all the vast intricacies of life We could jaw through the night Talk about a range of subjects, anything you like [RIFF 2] Oh yeah But we always came back to the song we were singing At any particular time Yeah, we always came back to the song we were singing At any particular time Yeah, we always came back Take a sip, see the world through a glass And speculate about the cosmic solution To the sound, blue guitars Caught up in a philosophical discussion D6 D Oh yeah D6 D E:--------------------------- B:------0------0-----3-----3- G:----2------2-----2-----2--- D:--0------0-----0-----0----- A:--------------------------- E:--------------------------- C G D But we always came back to the song we were singing C G D At any particular time Yeah, we always came back to the song we were singing At any particular time Yeah, we always came back to the song we were singing NOTE: "I was remembering the Sixties; sitting around late at night, dossing, smoking pipes, drinking wine... jawing, talking about the cosmic solution. It was what we were all doing... all 'What about... wow!' It's that time in your life when you got a chance for all that." (Paul McCartney, 1997)