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pablus
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|  Posted: 2004-08-03 4:17 pm
Here in this thread let's try to add a few chord charts and lyrics as we can figger 'em out. Maybe even mp3s for the more obscure ones.
Not a clearinghouse for every song.
Just a few songs to strum around the lounge as you sip your cocktails.
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pablus
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| Posted: 2004-08-03 4:22 pm
HAWAIIAN HULA EYES
Hope this lays out correctly...
I usually replace D with D6 which is all the way across the bridge on the 2nd fret.
Intro: D6, C#6,C6
(this progression just works its way down from the 2nd fret to the first and then open then back to the first and back to the second for that snazzy Hawai'ian sound. ) 
D.....................B7
Hawaiian hula eyes
....................E7
When you dance you hypnotize
A7...............................D..............Bm Em A
Though I can't believe its true
D......................B7
Hawaiian hula eyes
........E7
It's you I'm thinking of
A7...............................D..........G D
With a haunting dream of love
(chorus)
D ..........................D7......
On the sands of LunaBay
..........G.................Gmaj7...G6...Gmaj7
Where the sighing zephyrs play
........... E7................. Asus4 ... A7
I'm reminded of the one I love
D ................................B7
Beneath the swaying palms
..... E7
I held you in my arms
Asus4.............A7.........D6,C#6,C6
like Hawaiian Hula eyes
repeat until inebriated or shot by neighbor
[ This Message was edited by: pablus on 2004-08-03 21:33 ]
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Tiki Bree
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Posts: 225 | Posted: 2004-08-04 9:35 pm
MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pablus
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| Posted: 2004-08-07 12:32 pm
Oh yeah.
It's number one on the Swanky/Kiliki charts.
I do it in a low key because it's easier to sing after drinking every drink on the Hale Tiki menu.
So place your finger all the way across the neck on the second fret.
D6 (also Bm7)
and lets play...
THE HUKILAU SONG
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D6..............................
Oh we're going to a Hukilau
........................B7..............A7
Huki huki huki huki huki hukilau
A9
Everybodeeeee loves a hukilau
A9.....................................A7+5
Where the laulau is the kaukau
..........D6...........
at the big luau
(here - the C7 is the second one up the frets - just rocking back and forth from C7 to B7)
C7.................B7
O we throw our nets
C7...............B7
out into the sea
E7......................
and all the ama-ama
E7.......................
come-a swimming to me
D6.....................B7..............
O we're going to a hukilau
....E7...............A7...............D
Huki huki huki huki huki lau
D6................................
What a wonderful day for fishing
D6....................A7
The Old Hawaiian way
A7..............................................
All our hukilau nets are swishing
............E7..................A7
down on ole la-ee-ay bay
(repeat chorus and keep playing through until fingers are red and raw - then throw the uke and shriek at spouse:" I'll never get this right" and go to bar and drink.)
[ This Message was edited by: pablus on 2004-08-29 13:09 ]
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virani
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| Posted: 2004-08-08 04:36 am
"My Little Grass Shack"
I want to go [G]back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Ha[A7]waii
I want to [D7]be with all the kanes and wahines
That I used to [G]know... so long ago
I can [B7]hear the old guitars a-playing [E7]
On the beach at Honaunau
I can [A7]hear the old Hawaiians saying
"Komo [D7]mai no kaua i ka hale welakahau"
It won't be [G]long till my ship will be sailing
Back to [A7]Kona
A [D7]grand old place
That's always fair to [B7]see... you're telling me
I'm [E7]just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy
I [A7]want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go [G]back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Ha[A7]waii
Where the [D7]humu-humu nuku-nuku a pua'a
Go swimming [G]by
Where the [D7]humu-humu nuku-nuku a pua'a
Go swimming [G]by
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pablus
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| Posted: 2004-08-10 09:18 am
Ahhh - good ole D6.
The Luau Song
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D6.............................
We're having a loooooo-au
D6.............................,.......B7
A wonderful looooo-au
B7.................E7...............
everybody will be there
A7....................................D6.........A7
all your friends you will see there
A7................D6....................
There's gonna be dancing
D6.................................B7
and maybe romancing
B7......................E7............ A7
Everyone will aloha
A7............D6...............D7
At the big luau
D7.................G........................
We'll have some fish and poi
D6..............................................B7
and a "pinky" that's cooked all night
E7....................................
Pineapple, Fine-apple
..............A7(stop)...................................
And we'll hula while the moon is bright
.....................D6....
We're having a luuuuu-au
D6....................
We're gonna show you how
B7..................E7..........
to live it up in Havah-ii
A7......................D6
At the big Luuau
(continue until pepper spray hits face)
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Chongolio
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| Posted: 2004-08-10 10:27 am
White Sandy Beach
Dont know who wrote it, But Braddah Iz owns it!
Intro:F,Bbmaj7,Bbm,F,C7
F
I saw you in my dream,
We were walking hand in hand
Bbmaj7 Bbm F C7
On a white sandy beach of Hawai'i
F
We were playing in the sun,
We were having so much fun
Bbmaj7 Bbm F
On a white sandy beach of Hawai'i
[chorus]:
C7 Bb C7
The sound of the ocean sooths my restless soul
C7
The sound of the ocean rocks me all night long.
F
Those hot long summer days,
lying there in the sun
Bbmaj7 Bbm F
On a white sandy beach of Hawai'i
[chorus]
F
Last night in my dream,
I saw your face again
Bbmaj7 Bbm
We wre there in the sun
F
On a white sandy beach of Hawai'i.
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pablus
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| Posted: 2004-08-10 11:19 am
Good one.
BTW - www.thehukilau.com has "luau song" and "hukilau" on their player on the front page.
Swanky says the guy on "luau..." is singing "piggy" but I'm here to tell you he's saying "pinky."
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Chongolio
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| Posted: 2004-11-23 7:32 pm
This one might be a stretch for tiki, but it was in The Spoungebob Squarepants Movie so that is tiki enough for me.
It's a tune called "Ocean Man" by the brothers Ween off of their Mollusk album. Its catchy and easy play on your uke.
Here are your lyrics and chords:
(E7)Ocean man, take me by the hand
Lead me to the land (B) that you understand
(E7)Ocean man, the voyage to the corner of the globe (B) Is a real trip
(A)Ocean man, the crust of a (B) tan man embibed by the (A) sand. Soaking up the (B) thirst of the land
Ocean man, can you see
Through the wonder of amazement - at the oberman
Ocean man, the crust is elusive when it casts forth
To the childlike man
Ocean man, the sequence of a life form braised in the sand
soaking up the thirst of the land
(I have subbed an E7 for E to make for an easier play-o-long)
Uke on!
Chongolio
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Digitiki
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| Posted: 2004-11-24 09:55 am
Does anyone have the chords for "Keep Your Eyes On The Hands"?
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virani
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| Posted: 2004-11-24 11:16 am
Beautiful Kauai (dedicated to M. Pablus)
Intro : G7 C
.....................C................F..............C
There's an island across the sea,
......................G7.......................C
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
...................C ...............F.............. C
And it's calling, yes, calling to me,
................G7 .........................C .....C7
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
.............. F............................................ C
In the mist of fern grotto, mother nature
................................................D7
made her home, and the falls of Wailua,
..............G7
where lovers of ten roam.
...............C .................F.............................C
So I'll return to my island across the sea,
.....................G7......................... C
Beautiful Kauiai, beautiful Kauai,
.....................C...................F..................C
Where my true love is wainting for me,
....................G7.........................C
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
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Kanekila
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From: Safety Harbor, FL
| Posted: 2004-11-24 1:06 pm
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On 2004-11-24 09:55, Digitiki wrote:
Does anyone have the chords for "Keep Your Eyes On The Hands"?
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This arrangement is basically the same as the original, except I added a few more passing chords. FWIW, the Bbdim chord is fingered (x1x1), and the Am7 chord is fingered (xxxx), like an open C6 voicing.
Whenever your [G6]watching
a [D7]hula girl [G6]dance
You'd better be careful,
you're [Bb-dim]tempting ro[Am7]mance [D7]
Don't keep your eyes on her [Am7]hips,
her [D7]lovely hula [Am7]hips
[A7]Keep your eyes on the [D7]hands!
Remember she's [G6]telling
a [D7]story to [G6]you
Her opu is swaying,
but [Bb-dim]don't watch the [Am7]view [D7]
Don't concentrate on the [Am7]swing
It [D7]doesn't mean a [Am7]thing
[A7]Keep your [D7]eyes on the [G6]hands!
And when she [G7]goes around the island
Swaying hips so tantalizing
[C]Keep your eyes where they belong
And when that [A7]grass skirt goes swishing
Keep your head and don't go wishing --
[D7]That you would like to mow the lawn!
Your eyes are re[G6]vealing,
they're [D7]fooling no [G6]one
No use in concealing,
we're [Bb-dim]having some [Am7]fun [D7]
But if you're too young to [Am7]date,
Or [D7]over nighty [Am7]eight --
[A7]Keep your [D7]eyes on the [G6]hands!
This is the tag you add when you do the last verse for the second time, at the very end:
They tell a [E7]story
[A7]Just keep your
[D7]eyes on the [G6]hands!
Finger the E7: 12x2
Hopefully, this makes sense!
Mahalo,
Kanekila
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Kanekila
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From: Safety Harbor, FL
| Posted: 2004-11-24 1:32 pm
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| Swanky says the guy on "luau..." is singing "piggy" but I'm here to tell you he's saying "pinky."
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Annnnndd... for fun, the last time you do the B section of the song, when you get to "pineapple, fineapple," Haole Kats like to sing it "pineapple, schmein-apple!" Kind of a nod to Mel Brooks.
Oy...
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Digitiki
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From: L.A. baby!
| Posted: 2004-11-24 3:02 pm
Thanks Kanekila! I love that song.
Chongolio- great post. Ocean man is great song!!
You know, I always thought that "Ring of Fire" would be a fun song on Uke!
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FreakBear
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From: Springfield, Ohio
| Posted: 2004-11-24 3:34 pm
Does anyone know "Pagan Love song"?
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