Hawaiian War Chant
English Lyrics by Ralph Freed, Music by Johnny Noble and Prince Leleiohaku, 1936
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F
There's a sunny little, funny little melody
F7
That was started by a native down in Waikiki.
Bb
F
He would gather a crowd down beside the sea
C7
F
And he'd play his gay Hawaiian chant.
F
Soon the other little natives started singin' it.
F7
Then the hula-hula maidens started swingin' it.
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F
Like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit,
C7
F
F7
Funny little gay Hawaiian chant.
Bb F
C7 F
F7
Au we ta huala
Bb F C 7 F
Au we ta huala!
F
Though it started on an island down Hawai'i way,
F7
It's as popular in Tennessee or Ioway.
Bb
F
If you wander in to any cabaret
C7
F
F7
You will hear this gay Hawaiian chant.
Bb F
C7 F
F7
Au we ta huala
Bb F C7 F////////D7////////
Au we ta huala!
G
There's a sunny little, funny little melody
G7
That was started by a native down in Waikiki.
C
G
He would gather a crowd down beside the sea
D7
G
And he'd play his gay Hawaiian chant.
G
Soon the other little natives started singin' it.
G7
Then the hula-hula maidens started swingin' it.
C
G
Like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit,
D7
G
G7
Funny little gay Hawaiian chant.
C
G D7 G
G7
Au we ta huala
C G D7 G////////C7////////
Au we ta huala!
F
Though it started on an island down Hawai'i way,
F7
It's as popular in Tennessee or Ioway.
Bb
F
If you wander in to any cabaret
C7
F
F7
You will hear this gay Hawaiian chant.
Bb F
C7 F
F7
Au we ta huala
Bb F C 7 F
Au we ta huala!
INSTRUMENTAL; first 2 verses of song (i.e., 8 beginning lines), then:
Bb F
C7 F
F7
Au we ta huala
Bb F
C7 -N.C.-
stop, then F
Au we, funny little gay Hawaiian chant!