The Waiting Game

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The Waiting Game:Brenda Lee.
#97 on CASH BOX and #101 on BB Hot
100 on DECCA Records in 1964.
AbFmAb
INTRO:
CHORUS:
Eb
Everybody sometime or another gotta play
Ab
the waiting game.
Eb
Everybody sometime or another gotta play
Db Ab
the waiting game..(oh, yeah)
Db Ab
I've waited for love so long, how long can
this game go on.
Eb Ab
But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game.
#1.
Ab Eb Cm Fm
My mama said, you gotta use your head.
Db Ab Eb
And don't be quick to give away your heart.
Ab Cm
She said, with a smile, it'll take a little
Fm Db Eb
while, but you'll wait for the right boy if
Ab
you're smart...she said..
CHORUS:
Eb
Everybody sometime or another gotta play
Ab
the waiting game.
Eb
Everybody sometime or another gotta play
Db Ab
the waiting game..(oh, yeah)
Db Ab
I've waited for love so long, how long can
this game go on.
Eb Ab...........E
But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game.
#2.
A Gbm
As time went on, lots of boys came along.
D A E
They'd tell me how they didn't care to wait.
A Gbm
So, when they asked me to wed, all I said,
D E A
was let's wait a while before we set the date.
I told them..
CHORUS:
E
Everybody sometime or another gotta play
A
the waiting game.
E
Everybody sometime or another gotta play
D A
the waiting game..(oh, yeah)
D A
I've waited for love so long, how long can
this game go on.
E A
But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game.
OUTRO:
E A
But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game.
B AB AB A
.....A B.....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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The Waiting Game:Brenda Lee. 
#97 on CASH BOX and #101 on BB Hot
100 on DECCA Records in 1964.
INTRO: Ab Fm Ab
CHORUS:
this game go on.
#1.
CHORUS:
this game go on.
         Eb                     Ab...........E
But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game.
#2.
I told them..
CHORUS:
this game go on.
OUTRO:
.....A B  A B  A B  A B.....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

The Waiting Game Chords by Brenda Lee

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