Tupelo Honey

Van Morrison

(Capo on 1st fret)
  A C#m D (C#)(B) A  (x2)
              A             C#m            D (C#)(B) A
                You can take all the tea in China
              A     C#m                 D (C#)(D) E
                Put it in a big brown bag for me
              A               C#m     D (C#)(B)   A
                Sail right round all the seven oceans
              A            C#m                   D (C#)(B) A
                Drop it straight into the deep blue sea

                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             She's an angel of the first degree
                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             Just like honey baby, from the bee

                You can't stop us on the road to freedom
                You can't keep us, cause our eyes can see
                Men with insight, men in granite
                Knights in armor bent on chivalry

                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             She's an angel of the first degree
                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             Just like honey baby, from the bee
                                          *Solo*    verse (x12)

                You can't stop us on the road to freedom
                You can't keep us, cause our eyes can see
                Men with insight, men in granite
                Knights in armor bent on chivalry

                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             She's an angel of the first degree
                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             Just like honey baby, from the bee

                             Well, you know she's alright
                             You know she's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             Well, you know, you know
                             You know she's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             And she's alright, and she's alright
                             She's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             She's alright
                             She's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             And she's alright
                             Well, she's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             And she's all, she's alright, she's alright
                             She's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             She's alright, she's alright, she's alright
                             She's alright (she's an angel)

                You can take all the tea in China
                Put it in a big brown bag for me
                Sail right round all the seven oceans
                Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea

                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey, yes she is
                             She's an angel of the first degree (she's an angel)
                             She's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             Just like honey baby, from the bee (she's an angel)

                             Oh she's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             She's an angel of the first degree (she's an angel)
                             Oh she's as sweet as tupelo honey
                             Just like the real thing, oh from the bee (she's an angel)
                             Oh, she's alright
                             She's alright with me (she's an angel)
                             She's my baby
                             You know she's alright (she's an angel)
                             She's my baby, she's my baby
                             You know she's alright (she's an angel)
                             Oh she's...


Copyright 1971
Tupelo Honey




Capo on the first fret. The notes in parenthesis ( ) are bass notes. The same chord pattern is repeated throughout the song.












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