Where Were You Chords & Lyrics by Lloyd Price

Where Were You

guitar chords lyrics

Lloyd Price

Where Were You:Lloyd Price.
#15 in UK and #23 on BB Hot 100
on RCA Records in 1959.

INTRO: Eb Gm Fm Eb Bb..

#1.
Eb Ab
Where were you on our wedding day?
Bb Eb

I got bad news that you went away.
Eb Ab
Where were you on our wedding day?
Bb Eb
You did me wrong and now you must pay.

CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Whoa-oh..give me back my ring..whoa-oh.
Ab
Whoa-oh..I ain't gonna let you keep a
Bb
thing..Whoa-oh.

#2.
Bb Ab
Where were you when I said I do?
Bb Eb
Everybody laughed at my in-laws, too.
Eb Ab
Where were you when I turned around..
Bb Eb
when your whole family hung their heads down?

CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Whoa-oh..give me back my ring..whoa-oh.
Ab
Whoa-oh..I ain't gonna let you keep a
Bb
thing..Whoa-oh.


INTERLUDE:SAX: Eb Ab Eb..Ab Eb Ab..Eb


CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Whoa-oh..give me back my ring..whoa-oh.
Ab
Whoa-oh..I ain't gonna let you keep a
Bb
thing..Whoa-oh.

#3.
Eb Ab
Where were you when I searched the town?
Bb Eb
Turned the whole neighborhood upside down.
Eb Ab
Where were you, little girl, I say?
Bb Eb
Where were you on our wedding day?

CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Whoa-oh..give me back my ring..whoa-oh.
Ab
Whoa-oh..I ain't gonna let you keep a
Bb
thing..Whoa-oh.

#4.
Eb Ab
It's been ten years, or maybe more..
Bb Eb
I never got married and that's for sure.
Eb Ab
You broke my heart and now I know..
Bb Eb
I've been a fool for you so here I go.

CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Whoa-oh..give me back my ring..whoa-oh.
Ab
Whoa-oh..I ain't gonna let you keep a
Bb
thing..Whoa-oh.


INTERLUDE:SAX: Eb Ab Eb Ab Bb..Eb


OUTRO::
Ab Eb
Whoa-oh..give me back my ring..whoa-oh.
Ab
Whoa-oh..I ain't gonna let you keep a
Bb
thing..Whoa-oh..(Fade.)



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