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Money Honey

(Jesse Stone)


Copyright Walden Music

Original by The Drifters in 1953


RCA studio session - January 10-11, 1956 - Nashille

 January 10 - 7-10 pm

G2WB 0210-sp Splice of takes 5 and 6
March 23, 1956 LP RCA LPM 1254 Elvis Presley
Outtakes:
Take 10 intro only: May 15, 2004 CD FTD 82876-60931-2 Flashback
Fragments: July 01, 2006 CD FTD 82876 86160-2 Elvis Presley




You know, the landlord rang my front door bell.
I let it ring for a long, long spell.
I went to the window,
I peeped through the blind,
And asked him to tell me what was on his mind.
He said,


* Money, honey.
Money, honey.
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me.


Well, I screamed and I hollered,
I was so hard-pressed.
I called the woman that I loved the best.
I finally got my baby 'bout half past three,
She said I'd like to know what you want with me.
I said,


* Repeat


Well, I said tell me baby, what's wrong with you?
From this day on our romance is through
I said tell me baby, face to face
How could another man take my place


* Repeat


Well, I've learned my lesson and now I know
The sun may shine and the winds may blow.
The women may come and the women may go,
But before I say I love you so,
I want


* Repeat 




Standard tuning.
    Intro:
    e||--------------------------||
    B||*------------------------*||
    G||--------------------------||
    D||---1/2--------1/2---------||
    A||*--1/2--------1/2--------*||
    E||---0----------0-----------||

                  (Scotty plays the intro riff throughout the verses)
                  E
    You know, the landlord rang my front door bell.
    E
    I let it ring for a long, long spell.
    E
    I went to the window,
    E
    I peeped through the blind,
        E     (Tacet)
    And asked him to tell me what's on his mind.

             A
    He said, Money, honey, a hah hah.
    E
    Money, honey.
           B7            A                      E
    Money, honey, if you want to get along with me.

    Well, I screamed and I hollered,
    I was so hard-pressed.
    I called the woman that I loved the best.
    I finally got my baby about half past three,
    She said I'd like to know what you want with me.
    I said, Money, honey, a hah hah.
    Money, honey.
    Money, honey, If you want to get along with me.
    Solo:
                 E                     E
    e||--5/(12)--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---7\-------------------------||
    B||--5/(12)--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---8\-------------------------||
    G||--5/(12)--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---9\-------------------------||
    D||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
         E                     E
    e||--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---7\---------------------------------||
    B||--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---8\---------------------------------||
    G||--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---9\---------------------------------||
    D||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
         E                     E
    e||--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---7\---------------------------------||
    B||--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---8\---------------------------------||
    G||--12---12---10-10-10-10-12---12---9\---------------------------------||
    D||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
         E
         +---3---+    +---3---+    +---3---+    +---3---+
    e||--12--12--12---10--10--10---12--12--12---10--10--10------------------||
    B||--12--12--12---10--10--10---12--12--12---10--10--10------------------||
    G||--12--12--12---10--10--10---12--12--12---10--10--10------------------||
    D||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
         E
         +---3---+    +---3---+    +---3---+    +---3---+
    e||--12--12--12---10--10--10---12--12--12---10--10--10------------------||
    B||--12--12--12---10--10--10---12--12--12---10--10--10------------------||
    G||--12--12--12---10--10--10---12--12--12---10--10--10------------------||
    D||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
         A                 +-3-+  A                 +-3-+
    e||-----3-----0-----3------------3-----0-----3--------------------------||
    B||----------------------2------------------------2---------------------||
    G||------------------------2------------------------2-------------------||
    D||--------2-----------2------------2-----------2-----------------------||
    A||--0-----------0------------0-----------0-----------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
         E
    e||-----0-----------0----------0-----------0----------------------------||
    B||-----------3----------------------3----------------------------------||
    G||-----------------------0h1-------------------------------------------||
    D||--------2-----------2----------2-----------2-------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||--0-----------0----------0-----------0-------------------------------||
         B7                     A7                     E
    e||----------------------------3-----0-----3----------0-----------------||
    B||-----0-----------0---------------------------------------3-----2-----||
    G||-----------2-----------0h2--------------------0h1-----2--------------||
    D||--------1-----------1----------2-----------2-------------------------||
    A||--2----------------------0-----------0-------------------------------||
    E||--------------2---------------------------------0-----------0--------||
           E
    e||-------0-------------------------------------------------------------||
    B||-------------3-------------------------------------------------------||
    G||--0h1----------------------------------------------------------------||
    D||----------2-----------2----------------------------------------------||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||----0-----------0----------------------------------------------------||


    Well, I said tell me baby, what's wrong with you?
    From this day on our romance is thru
    I said tell me baby face to face
    How could another man, take my place
    She said, Money, honey, a hah hah.
    Money, honey.
    Money, honey, If you want to get along with me.
    Well, I've learned my lesson and now I know
    The sun may shine and the winds may blow.
    The women may come and the women may go,
    But before I say I love you so,
    I want Money, honey, a hah hah.
    Money, honey.
    Money, honey, If you want to get along with me.