Wild Honey chords


1. Wild Honey
2. Aren't You Glad
3. I Was Made To Love Her
4. Country Air
5. A Thing Or Two
6. Darlin'
7. I'd Love Just Once To See You
8. Here Comes The Night
9. Let The Wind Blow
10. How She Boogalooed It
11. Mama Says
* Heroes And Villains (Alternate take)
* Good Vibrations (Various Sessions)
* Good Vibrations (Early Take)
* You're Welcome
* Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
* Can't Wait Too Long
[*] The Letter

1. Wild Honey
G7...C/G...G...C/G...G7...C/G...G...C/G

G7................C/G.....................................G...........C/G
Mama, I'm tellin' you as sure as I'm standin' here
...........G7................C/G.................................................G............C/G
She's my girl and that's the way I'm keepin' it, my mama dear
.......Am.....................................C
No good would it do you to stand there and frown at me
.......Am........................................C
The girl's got my heart and my love's comin' down on me
.......Am........................................D7...........................G7
My life's kinda mellow since I got a taste of wild honey

(G7)...C/G...................................................G..............C/G
You know she's got the sweetness of a honey bee
............G7.............C/G...............................................G..............C/G
Wild honey, she got it hard and stung me good, yessirree
.........Am...................................C
With all the other stud bees buzzin' all around her hive
.........Am.................................C
She singled me out, single-handed took me alive
Am......................................................D7.................................G7...C/G...G...C/G...G7...C/G...G...C/G
Can you dig I'm gonna spend my life eatin' up her wild honey

Em....D....C7....B7....Em....D....C7....B7

.............................. Am.........................................D7
Oh, mama she's sweeter, sweeter, sweeter, sweeter, ah...

.............G7..........C/G..............................................G....................C/G
Wild honey, oh let me tell you how she really got to my soul
..............G7...........C/G...................................................G.........................C/G
It ain't funny the way she makes me want to sing a little rock 'n roll
..............Am........................................C
There's nothing quite as sweet as a taste of wild honey
....Am.............................................C
I break my back workin' just to save me some money
....Am..............................................D7.............................G7...C/G...G...C/G
So I can spend my life with her sock it to me, wild honey


Chart prepared by Francis Greene
2. Aren't You Glad
intro: D6....Am7....D6....Am7....D6....Am7....G

G..........................Bm7..................C6..............................D6...............C6
Today could be a lot of fun and precious one I'd feel good just to walk with you
G.............................Bm7......................C6.............................D6...............C6
Tonight will be a special treat you're so sweet and I feel good just to talk with you
D6...................................Am7
You know that I been a long time needing you
D6....................................Am7
You say that you been a long time needing me
D6................................................Am7........................C
And don't you know that there's so much more to come

C.........Cm6....................................G
I got a heart that just won't stop beating for you
C.........Cm6.............................G
I got a love I just can't stop feeling for you
D..................C...................................Bm
Aren't you glad now darling there's me and you
......................................G
Tell me tell me you know what I mean
D..................C...........................................Bm
Aren't you glad with these days comes somethin' new
......................................G
Tell me tell me you know what I mean
D..................C..................................Bm.........G
Aren't you glad now tell me you're so glad
D6..................Am7...............................G
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

G...............Bm7..............C6...............................D6...........C6
Today is another day another way to get this feeling across to you
G..........................Bm7.......................C6..........................................D6................C6
Tonight will be another night that's outta sight cause I know the way to get close to you
D6..................................Am7
You know that I'll be a long time loving you
D6................................Am7
I hope that you'll be a long time loving me
D6................................................Am7........................C
And don't you know that there's so much more to come


Chart prepared by Francis Greene
3. I Was Made To Love Her
Db...Eb....F
Hey hey yes I was made to love her
.............F............................Bbm7.....................Eb7
I was born in Little Rock, had a childhood sweetheart
Db.........................Eb........F
We were always hand in hand
..............F...............................................Bbm7..........Eb7
I wore high-top shoes and shirt-tails, Suzy was in pigtails
Db...........Eb.......................F
I knew I loved her even then
.............................F........................................Bbm7.............Eb7
Don't you know my Papa dis'proved it, my Mama hooo-ooo-hoooed it
Db......................Eb.......................F
But I told them time and time again
........................................F........................................Bbm7.........Eb7
Don't you know I was made to love her, built my world all around her
Db....Eb...F
Hey hey yes I was made to love her
.............F...............................Bbm7..............Eb7
She's been my inspiration, showed appreciation
Db....................Eb................................F
For the love I gave her through the years
.................F.........................................Bbm7.................Eb7
Like a sweet magnolia tree my love blossomed tenderly
Db........................Eb.............................F
My life grows sweeter through the years
.....................F..................................Bbm7..Eb7
I know that my baby loves me, my baby needs me
Db....................Eb...............................F
That's why we made it through the tears
............F.........................................Bbm7.....Eb7
I was made to love her, what has she ever done
Db....Eb....F
Hey hey hey yes I was made to love her
.........F.....................................Bbm7..Eb7
My little baby loves me, my baby needs me
Db..............Eb..................F
And I know I ain't goin' nowhere
............F.............................................Bbm7....Eb7
I was knee-high to a chimp and the love bug bit me
Db..................Eb......................F
And I have to be with her a thousand years
...............F.....................................Bbm7.............Eb7
If the mountain tumbles, if this whole world crumbles
Db..............Eb.........................F
I know I'll still be standing there

Chart prepared by Francis Greene
4. Country Air
intro: Bm....F#7....Bm....F#7


verse: D....G/D....D....G/D....F#....G....F#....G

D.................................A
Get a breath of that country air
D.......................................A
Breathe the beauty of it everywhere
D...............................G................Bm....F#7....Bm....F#7
Get a look at that clear blue sky

D..................................A
Get a breath of that country air
D........................................A
Breathe the beauty of it everywhere
D................................G.....................Bm....F#7....Bm....F#7
Mother Nature she fills my eyes

D..................................A
Get a breath of that country air
D........................................A
Breathe the beauty of it everywhere
D.............................G...........................Bm....F#7....G....A7
Rise up early the day won't let you sleep

D............A
Ahahh-haaaa
D............A
Ahahh-haaaa
D............G.......Bm....F#7....Bm....F#7
Ahahh-haaaa


Chart prepared by Francis Greene
5. A Thing Or Two
(original key: Bb)


A+......................D.........A+..................D
When I see my baby, when I see my little girl
A+........................D
When I see my woman
..................G7............................................Em
I'm gonna tell her about the lonely hours I just spent
......................G7..................................Em
And say the thing we got going hope it never ends
........G7............................A7
Well I'm gonna tell that little girl a thing or two

....................D
Do it right baby
.....................A
Outta sight baby
....................D.........F
Do it right baby

A+......................D.......A+............................D
When I see my baby, when I look in her pretty eyes
A+...............................D
When I get with my darling baby
.................G7..........................................Em
I say my heart will start to beat like a couple of drums
........................G7............................................Em.......................G7.....A7
She'll get my temperature to rise to 'bout a hundred and one

A+...............................................D
A whole day away from your woman
.........A+.....................................................D
A separation from your girl can really mess your mind
A+................................D
And can you dig this one thing
.................G7..................................Em
Well it's lucky I'm working from nine to five
................G7..........................................Em
I have to live with my doctors just to keep me alive
G7................A7
Keep on tellin' a thing or two


Chart prepared by Francis Greene
6. Darlin'
(original key: B)


A.....D/A..................F#m7..................B7...A/E...E7...D/F#
Oh, Darlin', oh my darlin' you're so fine, oh

G/A.....D/A..G/A..D/A..G/A..D/A..E7

E7.................Bm7....................E7...................Bm7
You know if words could say that darlin' I'd find a way
E7...............E7+.................Amaj7............E7+.............Amaj7
To let you know what you meant to me guess it was meant to be
F#7..............Bm7............E7....................Bm7.............E7
I'll hold you in my heart as life's most precious part

........A..............D/A....................................F#m7
Oh, Darlin', I dream about you often my pretty girl yeah
...B7..........................................A/E.................F#m/E.........E7.....................D/F#
I love the way you soften my life with your love your precious love, uh-huh

G/A.....D/A..G/A..D/A..G/A..D/A..E7

E7.....................Bm7...........E7...................................Bm7
I was livin' like half a man, then I couldn't love but now I can
E7..................E7+..............Amaj7.......E7+......................Amaj7
You pick me up when I'm feelin' sad, more soul than I ever had
F#7................................Bm7..............E7...................................Bm7.............E7
Gonna love you every single night, 'cause I think that you're out of sight


G/A.....D....E
G/A....D.......E
Whoa, every night,
............G/A......D
Whoa darlin'
E7..................................Bm7.....................C#m7
Gonna love you every single night, yes I will
..................................................D..............................E7
'Cause I think that you're so doggone out of sight


Chart prepared by Francis Greene
7. I'd Love Just Once To See You
(original key: B)


........D7..........................G7.............................C
I'm doing this and I'm doing that and I'm a-walking the floor
................D7...............................G7...................................C
I drink a little of this and eat a little that and poke my head out the door
G...........................G7/F
I get thinking I'm wasting the night away
C/E.......................................F7
I wouldn't mind if I could get with you right away
G........................G7/F
Oh honey don't know how long it's been
C/E.......................................F7
But this feeling's building up inside again

D7..................................G7.....................................C
I wash the dishes and I rinsed up the sink like a busy bee
....D7...................................G7....................................C
I make up a song as I'm a-working along no one's watching me
G................................G7/F
I wish that you were here to help me dry
C/E...............................F7
When's the last time you baked me a pie
G............................G7/F
You had a way of making it come alive
C/E............................F7...............................D7......G7
It's not too late for you to take a drive

D7...............G7..............C
Baah ba ba baah ba ba baah
D7...............G7..............C
Baah ba ba baah ba ba baah
.....................G
It's not too late
......Am......................G/B
I'd love just once to see you
......Am......................G/B
I'd love just once to see you
......Am.......................D7....................G........G7/F........C/E........F7
I'd love just once to see you in the nude

G........G7/F........C/E........F7
G........G7/F........C/E........F7

Chart prepared by Francis Greene
8. Here Comes The Night
intro: C....F/C....C (rpt)

G................................................................................F/C..........................C
My heart was breakin' till you started making me feel like a natural man
.........G.....................................................................................F/C..........................C
My mind was mess until you brought happiness and that's not hard to understand
............G................................................................................F/C................................C
When I'm through workin' just fussin' and cussin' I'll be there just as quick as I can

...............................F
Here comes the night
Cm/G.............................Ab7
Hold me, squeeze me, don't ever leave me
Cm/G........................F
Tell me I'm doin' alright
Cm/G.............................Ab7
Hold me, squeeze me, don't ever leave me
Cm/G........................F
Tell me I'm doin' alright
Cm/G......................Ab7......Cm/G.....F....G......C..F/C..C
Hold me, love me ooooo

G..........................................................F/C.........................C
I know livin' is takin' and givin' baby I'm givin' you my best
G..........................................................................................F/C........................C
One of these days you know I'm gonna go crazy in the middle of your caress
...................G................................................................................F/C...............................C
When the day goes down honey I'll be around why don't you wear your pretty red dress

G...............................................................F/C...............................C
Every mornin' our love is reborn and it lives with me all day long
G....................................................................................F/C..........................C
Things start changin' take a little rearrangin' but our love grows on and on
G.............................................................................................F/C...............................C
Stars who shine in love are making you mine to love I've never felt a love so strong

Chart prepared by Francis Greene
9. Let The Wind Blow
(intro: F7)


...............G7..............C....C7
Let the wind blow
...............G7..............C....C7
Let the grass grow
................G7..............C....C7
But don't let her go
Dm...................Am
Don't take her out of my life
Dm...................Am........................G7........C....C7
Don't take her out of my life, oh no

...............G7..............C....C7
Let the moon glow
.............G7..............C....C7
On the fallen snow
.................G7..............C....C7
But I just got to know
Dm.......................Am
Know she'll be a part of my life
Dm.......................Am.....................G7........C....C7
Know she'll be a part of my life, forever

Dm......................................G
Let the bees make honey, let the poor find money
Dm......................................................G
Take away their sorrow, give them sunshine tomorrow
........Em.................Bm....................Em..................Bm
But don't take her out of my life, don't take her out of my life
Em7/A........................D/A
What would I do without her tell me now

.............G7..............C....C7
Let the bird sing
.................G7..................C....C7
With the coming spring
................G7....................C....C7
Let the church bells ring
...............G........................G7
Let the rain fall, let the grass grow
.................C..........................F7
Let the moon glow on the fallen snow
.......Dm..................Am
But don't take her out of my life
Dm..Dm/E.Dm/F.G7...................C....C7
Please keep her a part of my life

Chart prepared by Francis Greene
10. How She Boogalooed It
D
Oh we were strangers in a really big city
Got excited by the sound of a party
Em
Now my heart beat while the music was groovin'
G
And if you wanted to you couldn't keep from movin'
Em
Look around do you believe what you seein'
A...........................................................B
The walls are movin' the ceiling's a-reelin'

E
Couples over in the corner romancin', oh
The boys are here to do some outta sight dancin'
C#m
Got a girl givin' me soul lessons
A
And now she's gonna be my possession
C#m
Aren't you glad we found our way in here
A...........................................................D
Put another record up on the player

E
Hey there's a stoned fox dancin' with the police
Don't have to worry about disturbing the peace
C#m
Met a fine chick that really got to me
A
Good Lord how she boogalooed to me
C#m
Oh my how she boogalooed it to me
A
Come on sock it sock it to me
..................................D
S-O-C-K I-T to me


Chart prepared by Francis Greene
11. Mama Says
E
Eat a lot sleep a lot brush 'em like crazy
A
Run a lot do a lot never be lazy



Chart prepared by Francis Greene
* Heroes And Villains (Alternate take)
* Good Vibrations (Various Sessions)
* Good Vibrations (Early Take)
* You're Welcome
C# F#
Well, you're well, you're Welcome

C# G#7
Well, you're well, you're Welcome

C# F# F#7
Well, you're well, you're Welcome

C# G#7 C#
Well you're Welcome to Come

Play four times until Coda (slower tempo):

C# G#7 C#
Wel you're Welcome to Come
* Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
G..Am7..G..F#m7(b5)...B7
Ooh..........................ahh

Bm.....Am..G....Em
There's a story told
...........Am7.........D7
Of a very gentle boy
...............G............Em........Am7...D7
And the girl who wore his ring
........................G.........Em
Through the wintery snow
........Am7...........................D7
The world they knew was one
..................G.......Em...Am7.D7.G
For their hearts were full of spring

............Em
As the days grew old
...............Bm
And the nights passed into time
...............Am7..........Am7/D........G
And the weeks and years took wing
.............Em
Gentle boy, tender girl
...........Bm
Their love remained still young
.................Em...............A7......Am7/D...D7
For their hearts were full of spring

.................Ab..........Fm
Then one day they died
.................Bbm7........................Eb7
And their graves were side by side
.........Ab.............Fm.....Bbm7...Eb7
On a hill where robins sing
................Ab......Ab7
And they say violets
............Db.............................Dbm
Grow there the whole year round
.................Ab....Fm...Bbm7.Eb7.Db/Ab....Ab
For their hearts were full of spring

Chart prepared by Francis Greene
* Can't Wait Too Long
|F#     |     |D#m     |      |G#m    |      |
 Ooh--   etc
|G#7    |C#   |Cm7     |
 Been    too   long
|F#     |     |D#m     |      |G#m    |      |
 Ooh--   etc
|D#7sus4        D#7       |G#7            C#7     |
 I miss you darling        I miss you so hard

Melody I for guitar (repeat once)

 A#m    D#7       A#m   D#7        G#m    C#7       G#m   C#7
 v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    
|6-----8-9-----8-|6-6-8-9---8-6-5-|4-----6-7-----6-|4-4-6-7---6-4-5*|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
*not on repeat 
                
|F#     |F#    |E     |E      | (play 4 times)

Bass line II for above chords - actually starts on the 1st E chord

 F#                                E
 v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------4-----4-|--------4-------|----------------|----------------|
|4-----4---------|4-----4-------4-|2-----3-4-----3-|2-2-3-4---3-2---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Melody III for guitar for above chords - starts on F# 2nd time

 F#                                  E
 v   v    v   v    v   v    v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    
|--9--------------|--9--------------|--7-------------|--7-------------|
|11--11-9---9-----|11--11-9---9-----|9-----9---9-----|9-----9---9---9-|
|-------------11--|-------------11--|------------9---|------------9---|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

|C#                      |F#             B       |(repeat chords once)
 I miss you darling       I miss you so hard


|A#m  D#7  |A#m D#7  |G#m  C#7  |G#m C#7  | (play only once with melody
 I - see above)



|F#           |F#                    |E            |E               
 Way too long, been way too long baby Way too long, been way 
              |
too long baby
(play 8 times with melody III and bass line II)

|C#*     D#*    |C#*    D#*     |B*      C#*    |B#*    C#*     
 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &^3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &^3 & 
   |
4 &
(repeat once)

|F#           |F#               |E            |E               |
 (play 4 times with bass line IV) 
Baby you know that I can't wait forever
Waking(?) the night again, we were together
Windows of darkness are, all I can see through
Searching the shadows, hoping to see you

Bass line IV
 F#               F#               E                E
 v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|2-----3-4-----3-|2-2-3-4---3-2---|
|2-----3-4-----3-|2-2-3-4---3-2---|----------------|----------------|

1 beat rest then Melody V (bass for guitar) - 16th notes swung;
(F#)                              (E)
 v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4-1-----------1-|--14--1---14--1-|2---------------|---2--------2---|
|----4-2-1-------|44------44------|--4-2-0-------4-|224---4--224--4-|
|----------4-2---|----------------|--------4-2-0---|----------------|
(repeat to fade)

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suggested chord fingerings

         e  a  d  g  b  e
F#       2  4  4  3  2  2
D#m      x  6  8  8  7  6 
G#m      4  6  6  4  4  4
G#7      4  6  4  5  7  x
C#       x  4  6  6  6  x
Cm7      x  3  5  3  4  x
D#7sus4  x  6  8  6  9  x
D#7      x  6  8  6  8  x
A#m      6  8  8  6  6  6
C#7      x  4  6  4  6  4
B        x  2  4  4  4  2
E        x  7  9  9  9  x
C#*      x  x  x 10  9  9
D#*      x  x  x 12 11 11
B*       x  x  x  8  7  7
[*] The Letter
Am....................................F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
...G......................................D
I ain't got time to take a fast train
Am..................................F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-coming home
......E7....................................Am
My baby, she wrote me a letter

Am..................................................F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
G.....................................D
Got to get back to my baby again
Am...................................F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-coming home
......E7....................................Am
My baby, she wrote me a letter

......................C..............G........................F.............C............G..........................C/G..G
Well she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live without me no more
C.......................G.............................F.................C.................G.........................E7
Listen mister can't you see I've got to get back to my baby once more, anyway

Am....................................F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
...G......................................D
I ain't got time to take a fast train
Am..................................F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-coming home
......E7....................................Am
My baby, she wrote me a letter

......E7...................................Am
My baby, she wrote me letter

Db...Ab...Gb....Db...Ab...............Db/Ab....Ab


Chart prepared by Francis Greene

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