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bill bailey wont you please come home Chords

Music by: Ella Fitzgerald
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[Verse 1]
[D]Tha[Bm]nk you,[Em]
you're very [A]kind[D][Bm][Em][A][D]
Won't you come home,
Bill [A]Bailey?[D]
Won't you come [Bm]home?[A]
[D]Ah,[A] you've been awa[F#m]y too [D]lon[Fdim]g[A]
[Em]I do[A] that cooking, h[Em]oney[A]
[Ebdim]You just [Em]bring hom[A]e
the [Ebdim]money[Em]
Bill [D]Bailey, [A]please,
[Bm]come on home[D][A]
[D]Each night, when we sing thi[A]s[D]
We're making an attempt to [A]swing this
We sing [D]this song [A]a different w[G]ay
[F#]That's why I [G]say
[D]Who kno[G]ws, like Mack the Knife
You [Ddim]may play[D] this song all[B] your life
So, [Em]Bill [F#]Bailey,
[G]won[A]'t you come on home?[D][A]

[Verse 2]
As Miss [D]Sophie Tucker might say
[A]Won't you [Bm]come home, Bill [D]Bailey?
I [A]say, won't you come [D]home?
[A]Oh, [F#]you've been [Bm]away
[E]Oh [D]honey,
you've been [A]away too [Em]long
[G]I'll do [A]that cooking, honey, [D]yes[G]
[Em]You just bring[A] home [G]the mone[F#m]y[B][Em]
[G]Some of [D]these [A]days, Bill
[D]You're gonna [Bm]come on h[Em]ome[A]

[Verse 3]
[D]As Miss Del[Bm]la Reese mig[Ddim]ht say
[Bb]Won'[Ddim]t you come home, Bill B[D]ailey?
I [Ddim]say, won[D]'t you come ho[D]me?
I say, you've been [A]away [Em]too [F#]long[G][Em]
[D]And

[Verse 4]
[G]as Miss Pearl [Em]Bailey
might say
[Ddim]Bill, honey, daddy,[D]
you'd better bring it on home
'Cause, honey,
[A]I'm just so [B]tired of waiting on [Em]you
Hon[G]ey, these [A]shoes--I, I'm [Em]I'm telling y[A]ou, baby,
it can't wait no longer

[Verse 5]
[A]Yes, I [G]said
[Em]Won'[D]t you come, won'[Bm]t you come?
[D]Won't you come on home, Bill Bailey?
I say, you've been away [Bm]too [E]long[A]
Since you've been gone,
there's [D]no stop[A]ping
[Em]To this [A]thing they call bee-[D]bopping[A]
So, [D]Bailey, [A]please,
come [D]on [F#m]home
[F][A][D]

[Verse 6]
Now, [A]everybody, [D]twist it
[A]I s[D]ay, everybody, twist it[A]
[D]So, Bailey, [A]please, [D]come hom[G]e,
[F#]no m[G]ore to roam
[D]I've

[Verse 7]
[G]sung the lyrics to
this song so long
[A]I guess it's t[D]ime to s[B]ay so l[A]ong
So, [Em]Bailey, [A]won't you come on [D]home?
[C]Mama [B]needs loving
[Em]Bill, [A]Bailey,
[D]won't you com[G]e?[D][A]
[D]Come home

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