ARTIST: Lionel Bart
TITLE: Be Back Soon
Lyrics and Chords


[Oliver!]

You can go but be back soon
You can go but while you're working
This place I'm pacing 'round
Until you're home safe and sound
Fare-thee-well but be back soon
Who can tell where danger's lurking
Do not forget this tune
Be back soon

/ C - - - / Am D7 G7 - / C - F A7 / D7 - G7 - /
   / 1st, 2nd / C - F - / D7 G7 C - /

   How could we forget, how could we let
   Our dear old Fagin worry
   We love him so, we'll come back home
   In oh such a great big hurry
   It's him that pays the piper
   It's us that calls the tune
   So long, fare-thee-well, pip pip, cheerio
   We'll be back soon

   / C - - - / Am7 D7 G7 - / C C7 Dm - / D7 - G7 - /
      / 1st, 2nd / C C7 F6 - / D7 G7 C - /

You can go but be back soon
You can go but bring back plenty
Of wallets full of cash
Don't want to see any trash
Whip 'em quick and be back soon
Only thick ones now not empty
Get rich this afternoon
Be back soon

   Our pockets'll hold a watch of gold 
   That chimes upon the hour
   A wallet fat, an old man's hat
   The crown jewels from the tower
   We know the nosy policemen
   But they don't know this tune
   So long, fare-thee-well, pip pip, cheerio
   We'll be back soon

Cheerio but be back soon
I don't know, somehow I miss ya
I love ya, that's why I 
Say cheerio not goodbye
Don't be gone long, be back soon
Give me one long last look, bless you
Remember our old tune
Be back soon

   We must disappear, we'll be back here
   Today, perhaps tomorrow
   We'll miss you too, it's sad but true
   That parting is such sweet sorrow
   And when we're in the distance
   You'll here this whispered tune
   So long, fare-thee-well, pip pip, cheerio
   We'll be back soon

{Repeat last two verses simultaneously}

   And when we're in the distance
   You'll hear this whispered tune
   So long, fare-thee-well, pip pip, cheerio
   We'll be back soon
   So long, fare-thee-well, pip pip, cheerio
   We'll be back soon

   / C - - - / Am7 D7 G7 - / C C7 F6 - / D7 G7 C - /
      / C C7 F6 - / D7 G7 C - /

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