You can (Dm)take
all the tea in (Bb)Chi na,
(Dm)put it in a big brown bag for me,
sail right (Dm)’round
all the (Eb)sev en o (Bb)ceans,
drop it (Dm)straight in to the deep blue (Eb)sea.
She’s (Dm)as sweet
as Tu pe lo (Bb)hon ey.
She’s an (Dm)an gel of the (Eb)first de gree.
She’s (Dm)as sweet,
she’s as sweet as (Bb)Tu pe lo hon ey,
just like (Dm)hon ey, ba by,
from the bee.
You can’t stop us on the road to (Bb)free dom;
you can’t (Dm)keep us, ’cause our (Eb)eyes can (F6)see
men with (Dm)in sight,
men in (Bb)gran ite,
knights in (Dm)ar mor bent tent on chiv al ry.
She’s as sweet as Tu pe lo (Bb)hon ey.
She’s an (Dm)an gel of the (Eb)first de gree.
(She’s an (Cm)an gel.)
She’s as sweet as (Eb)Tu pe lo hon ey,
just like hon ey, ba by, from the bee.
chiv al ry.
She’s (Dm)as sweet as
Tu pe (Bb)lo hon ey.
She’s an (Dm)an gel of (Eb)the first de gree.
(She’s an (Cm)an gel.)
She’s as sweet as
Tu pe (Bb)lo hon ey,
just like (Dm)hon ey, ba by, from the bee.
(She’s an an gel.)
She’s (Dm)as sweet as
Tu pe (Bb)lo hon ey.
She’s an (Dm)an gel of (Eb)the first de gree.
(She’s an (Cm)an gel.)
She’s as sweet as
Tu pe (Bb)lo hon ey,
just like (Dm)hon ey, ba by, from the bee.
(She’s an an gel.)
(She’s an an gel.)
(She’s an an gel.)
(She’s an an gel.)
(She’s an an gel.)
(She’s an an gel.)
This page shows “Tupelo Honey” by Van Morrison in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 69 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.