Wild Honey chords by The Beach Boys (Official Version)

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Intro 1

(Sweet sweet wild honey bee)

(Eat, eat up eat up honey)

Verse 1
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) Mama I'm  (C/G) tellin' you
G7 
C/G 
as sure as I'm  (G7) standing here  (C/G) 
G7 
C/G 
She's my  (G7) girl and  (C/G) that's the way
G7 
C/G 
I'm keeping it now  (G7) mama dear  (C/G) 
Am 
No  (A minor) good will it do you
C 
to  (C major) stand there and frown at me
Am 
The  (A minor) girl's got my heart
C 
and my  (C major) love's coming down on me
Am 
My  (A minor) love's coming down
D7 
since I  (D7) got a taste of wild

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Chorus 1

(honey) You know she's got

the sweetness of a honey bee

Wild honey

She got it on and stung me good

yes sirree

Verse 2
Am 
With  (A minor) all the other stud bees
C 
 (C major) buzzing all around her hive
Am 
She  (A minor) singled me out
C 
single  (C major) handed took me alive
Am 
D7 
Well  (A minor) can you can you gonna take my  (D7) life

Chorus 2
eating up her wild
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (honey) (Sweet sweet wild  (C/G) honey bee)
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (Eat, eat up eat up  (C/G) honey)
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (Sweet sweet wild  (C/G) honey bee)
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (Eat, eat up eat up  (C/G) honey)

Interlude 1

Bridge 1

Oh mama she's sweeter

Gettin' sweeter

Sweeter sweeter

Chorus 3
G7 
Wild  (G7) honey
C/G 
 (C/G) Let   me tell you
G7 
C/G 
how she really  (G7) got to my soul  (C/G) 
G7 
It ain't  (G7) funny
C/G 
The  (C/G) way   she make me
G7 
C/G 
want to sing a  (G7) little rock 'n' roll  (C/G) 

Verse 3
Am 
There's  (A minor) nothing quite nice
C 
as a  (C major) kiss of wild honey
Am 
I  (A minor) break my back workin'
C 
just to  (C major) save me some money
Am 
So  (A minor) I   can spend my life with her
D7 
 (D7) Sock it to me wild

Outro 1
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (honey)  (C/G) Wild honey she's mine
G7 
C/G 
 (G7)  (C/G) Wild honey she's mine
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (Sweet sweet wild  (C/G) honey bee)
G7 
C/G 
 (G7) (Eat, eat up eat up  (C/G) honey)
[Fade out]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: G majorBPM: 121

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1
C/G: 3-x-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D7: x-x-0-2-1-2
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2

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This is the definitive original version of Wild Honey by The Beach Boys, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Wild Honey the way The Beach Boys intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.