Tupelo honey
G - Bm - C - G (2x)
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Bm - C G
1. You can take all the tea in China,
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put
it in a big brown bag for me.
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G
Sail right round all the seven
oceans,
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drop
it straight into the deep blue sea.
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G
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey,
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C - D
she’s an angel of the first degree.
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She’s as sweet,
she’s as sweet as Tupelo honey,
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- C G
just like honey,
baby, from the bee.
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2. You can’t stop us on the road to freedom,
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D
you
can’t keep us cos our eyes can see.
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G
Men with insight, men in granite,
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knights
in armour bent on chivalry.
+ CHORUS
+ instrumental = verse
(2x)
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3. You can’t stop us along the road to
freedom,
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C
D
you
can’t stop us cos our eyes can see.
G Bm -
C G
Men with insight, men in granite,
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knights
in armour bent on chivalry.
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- C G
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey,
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C - D
she’s
an angel of the first degree.
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C G
She’s as sweet,
she’s as sweet as Tupelo honey,
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- C G
just
like honey, baby, from the bee.
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4. Ah, you know she’s alright, she’s alright for me,
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Bm - C G
don’t you know, don’t you
know, she’s alright, she’s alright
for me.
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Yeah, you know, you know, you
know, you know,
C G
she’s
alright, alright for me.
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She’s alright, yes, she’s alright, she’s alright
for me.
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- C - G
+ She’s alright
.... (4x)
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Bm - C G
5. You can take all the tea in China,
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- Bm C
D
put it in a
big brown bag for me.
G
- Bm C
- G
Sail right round all the seven oceans,
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drop
it straight down into the deep blue sea.
+ CHORUS (2x)
+ G - Bm - C - G (5x, with different bits of
lyrics) ....
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Van Morrison)