Where Were You chords

Lloyd Price

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  			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. 

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? 


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 



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? 

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. 

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.) 



A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.