As Long As She Needs Me

Words & Music by Lionel Bart
Recorded by Sammy Davis, Jr., 1963
From the Broadway musical "Oliver"



AM7  E7     AM7 Fdim  E7 AM7
 As long as she needs    me,

   E7       AM7 Edim  Bm7  E7
I know where I  must  be;

              Bm7    Fdim   Bm7-5  
I'll cling on stead - fast - ly

           Bb9  E7   AM7
As long as she needs me.



AM7  E7     AM7 Fdim  E7  AM7
 As long as life is      long,

      E7       AM7 Edim  Bm7  E7
I'll love her right or  wrong,

           Bm7  Fdim Bm7-5
And somehow I'll be  strong

           Bb9  E7   AM7
As long as she needs me.



Bridge:

    A7     D9      E7              A     AM7   A7
If you are lonely,   then you will know

             F#m       B7              Bm7-5  Dm7   E7
When someone needs you,   you love them so.



AM7  E7     AM7 Fdim  E7  AM7
 I  won't betray her     trust,

        E7    AM7 Edim  Bm7   E7
Though people say   I   must;

            Bm7  Gdim F#m7 B7
I've got to stay true just

           D9  Dm7   E7  A
As long as she needs     me.






 
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