Chords for Eddie Kendricks Honey Brown
Tempo:
113.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
Dm
Am
Em
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Am]
Say, say, baby,
[C] no, [Am] don't go away.
[Ab] [Eb]
[G]
[C] My honey brown,
[Am] love me after the [G] clouds,
[F] as sweet and wild [D] [C] as [Gm] honey [C] suckled by.
[Em] Now children will [Am] follow, every [F] place you [G] would go.
[F] Thrill and delight [Gm] to your [F] one, one, one, [C] one, one, one, one,
How foolish and [F] vain to think that [Am] I could change
[Cm] a girl [Eb] whose [Dm] heart was born out of [C] starch.
[Em]
Honey [Am] brown, we were
[Dm] worlds.
I knew it from [C] the start.
That's why I stepped [Am] aside and let you go free.
[Dm] Cause honey brown, my love was [C] so deep.
[Am] I used to laugh at your movie magazines.
[D] [Dm] You vowed one day, you'd be [C] on the screen.
[Em] I'd fight in the [Am] streets with songs trying to [Dm] sing.
You'd love any man who promised [Am] you [C] fame.
And then he [F] came in his big [C] shiny car,
[Cm] took [Eb] your love from me [A] and broke.
[C]
[Em] Honey brown, [Am] [C]
through your [Dm] tears,
you're gonna find life can be [Am] cruel and so [C] unkind.
So honey brown, [Am]
don't let his mask away.
[Dm] Make a straight corner, a [Am] straight corner your [Dm] [Am] stage.
[G] [C] [Dm] Oh, [F] don't [Dm] let him go,
[C] [G] don't [F] [Dm]
[C] let him [Am] go.
[Dm]
[Dm] [C] [Am]
[Dm]
[C] Oh, don't let him go.
How foolish and vain [F] to think that I could [C] change
[Cm]
a girl [Eb] whose [Gm] heart was [Dm] born from [C] the starch.
[Em] Honey [C] brown, girl can't you see?
[Dm] I'll always love you, won't you here with [C] me?
[Em] Honey brown, [Am] [C] I'll always be around.
[Dm] You're gonna need me when the tears come [C] down.
Oh honey, oh honey.
[Dm]
[C] [Em] Honey [Am] brown, [C]
[Dm] [Am] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [Dm]
[C] [Em] honey [Am]
brown.
[Dm]
[C] [Em] Honey, [Am] honey brown.
[Dm]
[C] Honey, [Em]
[C] honey brown.
[Dm] Honey,
[C]
honey brown.
[Dm] [C] [Am]
Say, say, baby,
[C] no, [Am] don't go away.
[Ab] [Eb]
[G]
[C] My honey brown,
[Am] love me after the [G] clouds,
[F] as sweet and wild [D] [C] as [Gm] honey [C] suckled by.
[Em] Now children will [Am] follow, every [F] place you [G] would go.
[F] Thrill and delight [Gm] to your [F] one, one, one, [C] one, one, one, one,
How foolish and [F] vain to think that [Am] I could change
[Cm] a girl [Eb] whose [Dm] heart was born out of [C] starch.
[Em]
Honey [Am] brown, we were
[Dm] worlds.
I knew it from [C] the start.
That's why I stepped [Am] aside and let you go free.
[Dm] Cause honey brown, my love was [C] so deep.
[Am] I used to laugh at your movie magazines.
[D] [Dm] You vowed one day, you'd be [C] on the screen.
[Em] I'd fight in the [Am] streets with songs trying to [Dm] sing.
You'd love any man who promised [Am] you [C] fame.
And then he [F] came in his big [C] shiny car,
[Cm] took [Eb] your love from me [A] and broke.
[C]
[Em] Honey brown, [Am] [C]
through your [Dm] tears,
you're gonna find life can be [Am] cruel and so [C] unkind.
So honey brown, [Am]
don't let his mask away.
[Dm] Make a straight corner, a [Am] straight corner your [Dm] [Am] stage.
[G] [C] [Dm] Oh, [F] don't [Dm] let him go,
[C] [G] don't [F] [Dm]
[C] let him [Am] go.
[Dm]
[Dm] [C] [Am]
[Dm]
[C] Oh, don't let him go.
How foolish and vain [F] to think that I could [C] change
[Cm]
a girl [Eb] whose [Gm] heart was [Dm] born from [C] the starch.
[Em] Honey [C] brown, girl can't you see?
[Dm] I'll always love you, won't you here with [C] me?
[Em] Honey brown, [Am] [C] I'll always be around.
[Dm] You're gonna need me when the tears come [C] down.
Oh honey, oh honey.
[Dm]
[C] [Em] Honey [Am] brown, [C]
[Dm] [Am] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [Dm]
[C] [Em] honey [Am]
brown.
[Dm]
[C] [Em] Honey, [Am] honey brown.
[Dm]
[C] Honey, [Em]
[C] honey brown.
[Dm] Honey,
[C]
honey brown.
[Dm] [C] [Am]
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Say, say, _ baby, _ _
[C] _ no, _ [Am] _ don't go away.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ My honey brown, _
[Am] _ love me after the [G] clouds, _
[F] _ as sweet and wild [D] _ [C] as [Gm] honey [C] suckled by.
[Em] _ _ _ Now children will [Am] follow, _ _ every [F] place you [G] would go.
[F] Thrill and delight [Gm] to your [F] one, one, one, [C] one, one, one, one,
How foolish and [F] vain to think that [Am] I could change
[Cm] a girl [Eb] whose [Dm] heart was born out of [C] starch.
_ [Em] _ _
Honey [Am] brown, _ _ we were _
[Dm] worlds. _ _ _ _ _
I knew it from [C] _ the start.
That's why I stepped [Am] aside and let you go free.
[Dm] _ Cause honey brown, my love was [C] so deep. _ _
[Am] I used to laugh at your movie magazines.
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ You vowed one day, _ you'd be [C] on the screen. _
[Em] _ I'd fight in the [Am] streets with songs trying to [Dm] sing.
_ You'd love any man who promised [Am] you [C] fame.
_ And then he [F] came in his big [C] shiny car,
_ [Cm] took [Eb] your love from me [A] and broke.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Em] _ Honey brown, [Am] _ _ [C] _
through your _ [Dm] _ tears,
you're gonna find life can be [Am] cruel and so [C] unkind.
So honey brown, [Am] _
don't let his mask away.
_ [Dm] Make a straight corner, a [Am] straight corner your [Dm] [Am] stage.
[G] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] Oh, [F] don't [Dm] let him go, _
[C] _ [G] don't [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] let him [Am] go. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, _ _ don't let him go.
How foolish and vain [F] to think that I could [C] change
[Cm]
a girl [Eb] whose [Gm] heart was [Dm] born from [C] the starch.
[Em] _ _ _ Honey [C] brown, girl can't you see? _
[Dm] I'll always love you, _ won't you here with [C] me?
[Em] _ Honey _ brown, [Am] _ _ [C] I'll always be around. _
[Dm] You're gonna need me when the tears come [C] down.
_ Oh honey, _ _ _ oh _ honey. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Honey [Am] brown, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ [Em] honey _ _ _ [Am]
brown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] Honey, _ _ _ [Am] honey brown.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Honey, [Em] _ _ _
[C] honey brown. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Honey, _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
honey brown.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Say, say, _ baby, _ _
[C] _ no, _ [Am] _ don't go away.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ My honey brown, _
[Am] _ love me after the [G] clouds, _
[F] _ as sweet and wild [D] _ [C] as [Gm] honey [C] suckled by.
[Em] _ _ _ Now children will [Am] follow, _ _ every [F] place you [G] would go.
[F] Thrill and delight [Gm] to your [F] one, one, one, [C] one, one, one, one,
How foolish and [F] vain to think that [Am] I could change
[Cm] a girl [Eb] whose [Dm] heart was born out of [C] starch.
_ [Em] _ _
Honey [Am] brown, _ _ we were _
[Dm] worlds. _ _ _ _ _
I knew it from [C] _ the start.
That's why I stepped [Am] aside and let you go free.
[Dm] _ Cause honey brown, my love was [C] so deep. _ _
[Am] I used to laugh at your movie magazines.
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ You vowed one day, _ you'd be [C] on the screen. _
[Em] _ I'd fight in the [Am] streets with songs trying to [Dm] sing.
_ You'd love any man who promised [Am] you [C] fame.
_ And then he [F] came in his big [C] shiny car,
_ [Cm] took [Eb] your love from me [A] and broke.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Em] _ Honey brown, [Am] _ _ [C] _
through your _ [Dm] _ tears,
you're gonna find life can be [Am] cruel and so [C] unkind.
So honey brown, [Am] _
don't let his mask away.
_ [Dm] Make a straight corner, a [Am] straight corner your [Dm] [Am] stage.
[G] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] Oh, [F] don't [Dm] let him go, _
[C] _ [G] don't [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] let him [Am] go. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, _ _ don't let him go.
How foolish and vain [F] to think that I could [C] change
[Cm]
a girl [Eb] whose [Gm] heart was [Dm] born from [C] the starch.
[Em] _ _ _ Honey [C] brown, girl can't you see? _
[Dm] I'll always love you, _ won't you here with [C] me?
[Em] _ Honey _ brown, [Am] _ _ [C] I'll always be around. _
[Dm] You're gonna need me when the tears come [C] down.
_ Oh honey, _ _ _ oh _ honey. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Honey [Am] brown, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ [Em] honey _ _ _ [Am]
brown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] Honey, _ _ _ [Am] honey brown.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Honey, [Em] _ _ _
[C] honey brown. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Honey, _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
honey brown.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _