Honeybee Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, Am, Fm and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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 Intro: C          Em             Am                C                   x3 
E|---------3---3-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------1---1---1-------0-----0---------1-----1----------1------1---| 
G|-----0---------------0-----0---0-----2-----2---2------0------0---0-| 
D|---2---------------2---------------2----------------2--------------| 
A|-3-------------------------------0----------------3----------------| 
E|-----------------0-------------------------------------------------| 
 

C 
You didn't have to look my way 
C 
Your eyes still haunt me to this day 
         Fm 
But you did. Yes, you did 
C 
You didn't have to say my name 
C 
Ignite my circuits and start a flame 
Fmaj7 
But you did 
Fmaj7 
Oh, Turpentine erase me whole 
               C                    CM7 
(Cause I) don't want to live my life alone 
             Fmaj7 
(Well I) was waiting for you all my life 
Amadd4 
Oh 
Fmaj7 
Why 

Set me free, my...honey- 
Am C Em C 
Bee 
Ho-ney 
Am C Em C 
Bee 

C 
You didn't have to smile at me 
C 
Your grin's the sweetest that I've ever seen 
Fm 
But you did. Yes you did 
C 
You didn't have to offer your hand 
C 
Cause since I've kissed it I am at your command 
Fmaj7 
But you did 
Fmaj7 
Oh, Turpentine erase me whole 
        C                   CM7 
I don't want to live my life alone 
      Fmaj7 
I was waiting for you all my life 
Amadd4 
Oh 
Fmaj7 
Why 

Let me be, my...honey- 
Am C Em C 
Bee 
Ho-ney 
Am C Em C 
Bee 

C 
Hello Goodbye, Twas nice to know you 
Fmaj7 
How I find myself without you 
C 
That I'll never know 
Fmaj7 
I let myself go 

C 
Hello Goodbye, I'm rather crazy 
Fmaj7 
And I never thought I was crazy 
C 
But what do I know? 
Fmaj7 
Now you have to go 

Am C Em C 
Honeybee 
Am C Em C 
Honeybee 



Am 
Hello Goodbye, Twas nice to know you 
C 
How I find myself without you 
Em             C 
That I'll never know. 
Am             C 
I let myself go. 

Em 
Hello Goodbye, I'm rather crazy 
C 
And I never thought I was crazy 
Fmaj7            C 
But what do I know? 
Fmaj7          C 
I let myself go. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante