Honeycomb chords by Ricky Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Honeycomb:Ricky Nelson.
Album - Ricky - on IMPERIAL
Records in 1957. (His solo
album.) (Cover of Jimmie Rodger's
#1 hit in 1957.)

INTRO: BB

#1.
BB         Eb MajorEb  BB
Well, it's a darn good life and it's kinda
       E MajorE
funny how the bee was made, the bee made
          GbGb
the honey, and the honeybee lookin' for home,
BB   GbGb  BB
made a honeycomb.
BB
Then, they combed the world and they gathered
      E MajorE
all of the honeycomb into one sweet ball, and
  GbGb               BB  GbGb
the honeycomb from a million trips, made my
    BB
baby's lips.

CHORUS:
  E MajorE                   BB
Oh, honeycomb, won't you be my baby, well, honeycomb,
GbGb  BB
be my own.
    GbmGbm  GbGb     GbmGbm   GbGb
Just a hanka hair and a piece of bone, and made a
BB    GbGb   BB
walkin', talkin' honeycomb.
   E MajorE          BB   E MajorE      BB
Well, honeycomb, won't you be my baby, well, honeycomb,
GbGb  BB
be my own.
GbGb   BB     GbGb               BB
What a darn good life when you got a wife, like honeycomb.
   C majorC
(Oh, honeycomb)

#2.
C majorC                          FF
Now, have you heard tell how he made a bee? then he tried

a hand at a green, green tree.
    G+G                 C majorC G+G
So, the tree was made, I guess you heard, up in, well, he

made a little bird.
     C majorC                      FF
Then they waited around till the end of spring, savin' every
                 G+G
note the bird did sing, then, he rolled it up into one sweet
   C majorC   G+G  C majorC
tone for my honeycomb.

CHORUS:
  FF                   C majorC
Oh, honeycomb, won't you be my baby, well, honeycomb, be my own
(Honeycomb, honeycomb)
    G+G                     C majorC
Just a hanka hair and a piece of bone, and made a walkin', talkin'

honeycomb.
   FF                   C majorC
Well, honeycomb, won't you be my baby, well, honeycomb, be my own.
(Honeycomb, honeycomb)
    G+G                    C majorC
What a darn good life when you got a wife, like honeycomb.
  DbDb
(My honeycomb)

#3.
DbDb                       GbGb
In a little while, when he made that girl, they looked around
          AbAb              DbDb   AbAb
for a little word..sounded sweet as turtle dove, so they called
  DbDb
it love.
DbDb                        GbGb
Then they went around looking everywhere, takin' love from here,
            AbAb              DbDb
love from there, and he stored it up in a little cart for my
AbAb   DbDb
honey's heart.

CHORUS:
  GbGb                   DbDb
Oh, honeycomb, won't you be my baby, well, honeycomb, be my own.
(Honeycomb, honeycomb)
    AbAb                    DbDb    AbAb
Just a hanka hair and a piece of bone and made a walkin', talkin'
DbDb
honeycomb.
   GbGb                   DbDb
Well, honeycomb, won't you be my baby, well, honeycomb, be my own.
(Honeycomb, honeycomb)
    AbAb                    DbDb
What a darn good life when you got a wife, like honeycomb.
(Honeycomb, honeycomb)


A augmentedA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.