Year: 1968 -
Written by Bobby Russell
Intro: Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 See the tree, how big it's grown C6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 But friend, it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big Dm7 G7 I laughed at her and she got mad Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 The first day that she planted, it was just a twig C Cmaj7 C6 Then the first snow came and she ran out Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 To brush the snow away, so it wouldn't die Dm7 G7 Came runnin' in all excited Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 Slipped and almost hurt herself, I laughed 'til I cried C Cmaj7 She was always young at heart C6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 Kind a dumb and kind a smart, and I loved her so Dm7 G7 And I surprised her with a puppy Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 Kept me up all Christmas eve, two years ago C Cmaj7 And it would sure embarrass her C6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 When I came home from working late, 'cause I would know Dm7 G7 That she'd been sittin' there cryin Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Over some sad and silly late, late show Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 And Honey, I miss you and I'm being good Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 And I'd love to be with you, if only I could C Cmaj7 She wrecked the car and she was sad C6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 And so afraid that I'd be mad, but what the heck Dm7 G7 Though I pretended hard to be Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 Guess you could say she saw through me, and hugged my neck C Cmaj7 I came home unexpectedly C6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 And found her crying needlessly, in middle of the day Dm7 G7 And it was in the early spring Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 When flowers bloom and Robins sing, she went away Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 C6 And Honey, I miss you and I'm being good Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7 Em7 A7 And I'd love to be with you, if only I could D Dmaj7 One day while I was not in home D6 Dmaj7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7 While she was there and all alone, the angels came Em7 A7 Now all I have is memories Em7 A7 D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Of Honey, and I wake up nights, and call her name D Dmaj7 Now my life's an empty stage D6 Dmaj7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7 Where Honey lived and Honey played, and love grew up Em7 A7 And a small cloud passes over head Em7 A7 D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 And cries down in the flower bed, that Honey loved D Dmaj7 Then see the tree, how big it's grown D6 Dmaj7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7 But friend, it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big Em7 A7 And I laughed at her and she got mad Em7 A7 D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D The first day that she planted, it was just a twig...