Honey Pie

1960s British beat-pop evolving into psychedelia. Bright jangly Rickenbacker electric guitars with spring reverb, warm melodic walking bass driving the harmony, tight snappy drum kit with tambourine on a bouncy backbeat around 120-140 BPM. Vintage valve-amp warmth, mono-leaning analog console with subtle tape compression, occasional double-tracked and backwards tape effects, sitar and chamber strings on later cuts. Close two- and three-part male vocal harmonies, clear mid-tenor lead with light nasal edge and effortless melodic phrasing, cheerful "yeah"-style refrains, catchy verse-chorus structure with sudden key-shift bridges and hand-clap accents.

VERSE Em A6 Am/D She was a working girl Cm G North of England way Em A6 Am/D Now she's hit the big time Cm G In the U.S.A. A7 And if she could only hear me D7 This is what I'd say. CHORUS G Eb7 Honey pie you are making me crazy E7 A7 I'm in love but I'm lazy D7 G Eb7 D7 So won't you please come home. G Eb7 Oh honey pie my position is tragic E7 A7 Come and show me the magic D7 G F# F of your Hollywood song. Em C#m7b5 G G7 You became a legend of the silver screen C And now the thought of meeting you E7 Am D7 Makes me weak in the knee. G Eb7 Oh honey pie you are driving me frantic E7 A7 Sail across the Atlantic D7 G Eb7 D7 To be where you belong. INSTRUMENTAL (same as verse) |G |G |Eb7 |E7 |A7 |D7 |G |Eb7 D7| I like it like that VERSE G Eb7 I like this hot kind of music E7 Hot kind of music A7 Just play it to me D7 G F# F Play it to me Hollywood Blues Em C#m7b5 Will the wind that blew her boat G G7 Across the sea C E7 Am D7 Kindly send her sailing back to me. CHORUS G Eb7 Honey pie you are making me crazy E7 A7 I'm in love but I'm lazy D7 G So won't you please come home. Eb7 D7 G Honey Pie come back to me. [Outro]