Ab6          Abm6     Ab6       F7
You never try to keep the wild ones home
   Bbm7              Ebdim         Bm7
So mister don't just sit there and wait
   Db         Ddim        Ab          F7
Go out on the town makin' all of your rounds
         Bbm7      EbAug           Ab
It don't matter if you're your own date
 Ab6  Abdim Bbm7      Eb7
(Aah, aah,  ah, ah ah ah)
 Ab6  Abdim Bbm7      Eb7
(Aah, aah, ah, ah ah ah)

[Verse 1]
Ab6       Abdim    Bbm7                     Eb7
Vacantly occupied, sat on the beach 'til my body got fried
Ab6              Abdim       Bbm7            Eb7
Dreamin' of your pretty eyes up in South Carolina
   Ab6               Abdim     Bbm7               Eb7
I can't pronounce my r's or g's when I'm speakin' Southernese
Db        Eb7                  Ab6
Honey do, honey come and do me again
    Adim  Bbm7  Eb7
Do, do,   do ba do bie do bie

[Verse 2]
Ab6            Abdim         Bbm7                    Eb7
I've seen that fat cat style three hundred pounds of jive ass smile
Ab6                  Abdim                Bbm7          Eb7
Young girls gigglin' all the while That's not my cup of chowder
Ab6       Abdim      Bbm7                  Eb7
I go for candlelight Cold champagne nearly every night
Db        Eb7                      Ab6
Honey do, a little toast to me and you

[Bridge]
C7                                  Fm
Honey (honey) why couldn't you have taken the non-stop train
    Bb7                   Eb7 N.C.
I'm hungry (hungry) and I really want to see you again

[Verse 3]
Ab6         Abdim         Bm7                           Eb7
I know it's gettin' late Waiter keeps starin' at your empty plate
Ab6            Abdim        Bm7                  Eb7
Maitre'd keeps tellin' me "Sir, she's just not coming" (Ba do bie do bie)
Ab6                    Abdim       Bbm7                    Eb7
Now what the hell does Gargon know  We've been through all this befo'
Db        Eb7                  Ab6   Adim
Honey do, honey come and do me again
               Bm7   Eb7
Allright blues torpedo

[Sax Solo]
Ab6 Abdim Bbm7 Eb7 3x
Db  Eb7  Ab6

[Bridge]
C7                                  Fm
Honey (honey) why couldn't you have taken the non-stop train
    Bb7                   Eb7 N.C.
I'm hungry (hungry) and I really want to see you again

[Verse 4]
Ab6       Abdim    Bbm7                     Eb7
Vacantly occupied, sat on the beach 'til my body got fried
Ab6              Abdim       Bbm7            Eb7
Dreamin' of your pretty eyes up in South Carolina
   Ab6               Abdim     Bbm7               Eb7
I can't pronounce my r's or g's when I'm speakin' Southernese
Db        Eb7                  Ab6              F7
Honey do, honey come and do me again  (one more time)
     Bm7      Eb7                  Ab6            F7
Yeah honey do, honey come and do me again Oh oh oh oh
Bbm7      Eb7 N.C.
Honey do, honey come and do me again
                     Ab13
Do do do do do do do ahhhhhhhhh