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Honeysuckle Rose
Words & Music by Andy Razaf & Thomas "Fats" Waller
Recorded by "Fats" Waller, 1929
From the Broadway musical "Ain't Misbehavin'"
Em7/9 Em7 G/B A7 Em7/9 Em7 G/B A7
Ev' - ry hon - ey bee fills with jeal - ous - y
Em7 Bb9 A7
When they see you out with me;
Em7/9 Em7 A7sus4 A7/9 D D6 D7 G
I don't blame them, good - ness knows,
Bb7 A7 D A7 D Fdim
Hon - ey - suck - le rose.
Em7/9 Em7 G/B A7 Em7/9 Em7 G/B A7
When you're pass - ing by, flow - ers droop and sigh,
Em7 G/B Bb9 A7
And I know the rea - son why;
Em7/9 Em7 A7sus4 A7/9 D D6 D7 G
You're much sweet - er, good - ness knows,
Bb7 A7 D
Hon - ey - suck - le rose.
Bridge:
D7 Gdim Fdim D7 G6 Am7alt Cdim G6
Don't buy sug - ar -- you just have to touch my cup.
E7 Cdim Edim E7 G/B Cdim A7
You're my sug - ar; it's sweet when you stir it up.
Em7/9 Em7 G/B A7 Em7/9 Em7 G/B A7
When I'm tak - in' sips from your tas - ty lips,
Em7 G/B Bb9 A7
Seems like hon - ey fairly drips;
Em7/9 Em7 A7sus4 A7/9 D D6 D7 G
You're con - fec - tion, good - ness knows,
Bb7 A7 D D7 G Gdim D A7+5 D9
Hon - ey - suck - le rose.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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