Tuning: E A D G B E

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:

^EbEverybody sometime or another gotta play the waiting ^Abgame. ^EbEverybody sometime or another gotta play the waiting ^Dbgame..(oh, ^Abyeah) ^DbI've waited for love so long, ^Abhow long can

this game go on.

But I'll ^Ebwait, cause that's the ^Abwaiting game. #1. ^AbMy mama said, ^Ebyou gotta ^Cmuse your ^Fmhead. And ^Dbdon't be quick to give away your ^Abheart^Eb. She ^Absaid, with a smile, it'll ^Cmtake a little ^Fmwhile, but ^Dbyou'll wait for the ^Ebright boy if you're ^Absmart...she said..

CHORUS:

^EbEverybody sometime or another gotta play the waiting ^Abgame. ^EbEverybody sometime or another gotta play the waiting ^Dbgame..(oh, ^Abyeah) ^DbI've waited for love so long, ^Abhow long can

this game go on. Eb Ab...........E But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game. #2.

As ^Atime went on, lots of ^Gbmboys came along. They'd ^Dtell me how they didn't care to ^Await^E. So, when ^Athey asked me to wed, ^Gbmall I said, was ^Dlet's wait a while be^Efore we set the ^Adate.

I told them.. CHORUS:

^EEverybody sometime or another gotta play the waiting ^Agame. ^EEverybody sometime or another gotta play the waiting ^Dgame..(oh, ^Ayeah) ^DI've waited for love so long, ^Ahow long can

this game go on.

But I'll ^Ewait, cause that's the ^Awaiting game. OUTRO: But I'll ^Ewait, cause that's the ^Awaiting game.

.....A B A B A B A B.....(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Brenda Lee - The waiting game acoustic