Ella Fitzgerald – Bill Bailey Wont You Please Come Home (Guitar)

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[Intro] BPM:130 | G Em | Am7 D7 | x2 [Verse 1]
G                 G                G                G
 Won't you come home Bill Bailey?  Won't you come home?

G                 Em   Am7   D7   D7   D7   D7
 Ah you've been away, too   long

Am7          D7            Am7               D7
 I do that cooking, honey,  You just bring home the money

Am7     D7    Am7   D7     Em7  A7  Am7  D7
 Bill Bailey,   please  come on home

G              G              G                   G
 Each night when we sing this, We make an attempt to swing this

Dm7     Dm7     G7     G7        C    B7         C      C
 We sing this song a different way, That's why I say

    C                    C#dim          G              E7
Who knows like Mack the Knife, Ya may play this song all your life

    Am7         D7                G     G
So Bill Bailey, won't you come on home?
[Verse 2] [SPOKEN] As Miss Sophie Tucker might say
G                 G                G                G
   Won't you come home Bill Bailey? I say won't you come home?

G                   Em    Am7   D7   D7   D7   D7
   Oh, you've been away … Oh honey you've been away too long

Am7          D7            Am7               D7
 I'll do that cooking honey, yes-ah. You just bring home the money

Am7     D7    Am7   D7     Em7  A7  Am7  D7
   Some of these days, Bill. You're gonna come on home

G              G                 G                   G
As Miss Della Reese might say. Won't you come home Bill Bailey?
I say won't you come home?
Dm7     Dm7     G7     G7        C    B7         C      C
I say you've been away, too long

C                    C#dim          G              E7
And as Miss Pearl Bailey might say, Bill honey, daddy youd better
bring it on home, Cause honey I'm just so tired of waiting on you
    Am7         D7                               G            D7
Honey these shoes, I'm telling your baby it cant wait no longer
[Verse 3]
              G               G
… Yes I said, Won't you come, won't you come,

          G            G
Won't you come on home Bill Bailey?

Dm7     Dm7     G7     G7
I say youve been away too long

Am7              D7
Since youve been gone theres no stoppin

Am7               D7
To this thing they call bee-bopping.

Am7  D7    Am7  D7         Em7  A7  Am7  D7
  So Bailey please come on home

G              G                 G                   G
Now everybody twist it. I say everybody twist it.

Dm7     Dm7     G7     G7        C    B7         C      C
So Bailey please come home, no more to roam

C                           C#dim
Ive sung the lyrics to this song so long,

G                   E7
I guess its time to say so long

    Am7         D7                               G           E7
So Bailey, won't you come on home? Mama needs loving!

    Am7         D7                               G      D7   G7
Biiii-hi-iiill, Baaaa-ha-aaailey, won't you come, Come home