Bill chords by Ella Fitzgerald
Verse 1
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Thank you,
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you're very kind
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Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
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Won't you come home?
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Ah, you've been away too long
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I do that cooking, honey
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You just bring home the money
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Bill Bailey, please,
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come on home
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Each night, when we sing this
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We're making an attempt
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to swing this
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We sing this song a different way
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That's why I say
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Who knows,
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like Mack the Knife
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You may play this song all your life
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So, Bill Bailey,
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won't you come on home?
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As Miss Sophie Tucker might say
Verse 2
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
I say, won't you come
home?
Oh, you've been away
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Oh honey, you've been away
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too long
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I'll do that cooking, honey, yes
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You just bring home the money
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Some of these days, Bill
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You're gonna
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come on home
Verse 3
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As Miss Della Reese might say
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Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
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I say, won't you come home?
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I say,
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you've been away too long
Verse 4
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And as Miss Pearl Bailey might say
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Bill, honey, daddy,
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you'd better bring it on home
'Cause, honey,
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I'm just so tired of waiting on you
Honey, these shoes- - I, I'm telling you,
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baby, it can't wait no longer
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Yes, I said Won't you come,
Verse 5
won't
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you come?
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Won't you come on home, Bill Bailey?
I say, you've been away
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too long
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Since you've been gone,
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there's no stopping
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To this thing they call bee- bop ping
So, Bailey, please,
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come on home
Verse 6
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Now, everybody, twist it
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I say, everybody, twist it
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So, Bailey, please, come home, no
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more to roam
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I've sung
Verse 7
the lyrics to this
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song so long
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I guess it's time to say so long
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So, Bailey,
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won't you come on home?
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Mama needs loving
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Bill, Bailey,
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won't you come?
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Come home
Bill
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