Where Were You Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
Where Were You
Written and Recorded by Loretta Lynn
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(Where were you
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where were
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you)
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you when you
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left my heart
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alone
And the nights you didn't bother to come
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home
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say my love's grown
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cold I guess it's
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true
But when loneliness slipped
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in where were
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you
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you when we
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lost the love we
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had
When I wanted you and needed you so
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bad
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blaming me for
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things I didn't
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do
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crying where were
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you
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lonely hours were just too much for
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me
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only tears to keep me compa
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ny
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what destroyed the
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love that we once
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knew
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happened where were
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you
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lonely hours were just too much for
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me
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only tears to keep me compa
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ny
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love that we once
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knew
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happened where were
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song Where Were You?
- The song Where Were You was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.