INTRO: Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb


#1.
Ab     Eb                       Ab
Til we kissed, I never knew the thrills that 
         Cm    Eb Cm G
could be tasted.
Ab       Eb        Ab
Until we kissed, I never knew the years that I 
    Fm  Bb
had wasted.


CHORUS:
Bb        Cm         Eb
But now I know I was waiting for you to come by.
      Cm
I was waiting, girl, won't you please tell me why?
             Ab                      Bb
This took so long to begin, darling, where have you 
            Eb
been all my life?


#2.
Bb            Cm        Eb
Oh, don't you know that til we touched I never knew 
                    Cm
the touch was worth revealing.
Ab
Until we touched I never knew my heart was really 
Bb  F
beating.


CHORUS:
Bb        Cm         Eb
But now I know I was waiting for you to come by.
      Cm
I was waiting, girl, won't you please tell me why,
             Ab                      Bb
this took so long to begin, darling, where have you 
            Eb
been all my life?


BRIDGE:
    Bb       Eb             Bb              Eb
Oh, darling, where have you been, where you been,
                           Cm
where you been, when I was feeling blue?
Ab                                             Eb
Where have you been, where you been, where you been,
           Bb
when I was needing you?
                              Eb
Oh, where you been, where you been? 



INTERLUDE: Cm            Ab    Bb Fm
              (where you been?)


#3.
Bb             Cm         Eb
Now, don't you know I was waiting for you to come by.
      Cm
I was waiting girl, won't you please tell me why this
        Ab
took so long to begin?
         Bb                         Eb
Darling, where have you been all my life?



BRIDGE:
    Bb       Eb             Bb              Eb
Oh, darling, where have you been, where you been,
                           Cm
where you been, when I was feeling blue? (feeling blue)
Ab                                             Eb
Where have you been, where you been, where you been,
           Bb
when I was needing you?
                              Eb
Oh, where you been, where you been?..(Fade.)