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Honest I Do by The Rolling Stones

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'

             Verse:
  Q=86(8=s8)
  4/4
   Gtr I
   W           E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|----------||-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2--|
E|----------||-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0--|

                Chorus:
   Q  Q  H       E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|------------||-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2--|
E|-0----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


                Harmonica Solo:
   Q  Q  H       E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|------------||-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2--|
E|-0----------||-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0--|


                Chorus:
   Q  Q  H       E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|------------||-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2--|
E|-0----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


                 Outro Harmonica Solo:
   Q  Q  H        E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2--|
E|-0----------||--0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------o||
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-----------------|------------o||
E|-----------------|-0-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-0-----------||

Lyrics:
Don't you know that I love you
Honest I do
I'll never please
No one but you

Please tell me you love me
Stop driving me mad
You the sweetest little woman
That I ever had

Please tell me you love me
Stop driving me mad
When I woke up this morning
Never felt so bad 

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; 
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). 
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Honest I Do Bass Tab Info

Last Updated: April 21, 2026