[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
