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Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian

John Prine
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e ---------|
B ---------|
G ---------|
D ---------|
A ---0-2-3-|
E -3-------|
 I also like to play the first strum of the F chord as follows:
e ------1----|
B ------1----|
G ----2------|
D -----------|
A --3--------|
E -----------|
 The G7 chord is:
 e -1-
 B ---
 G ---
 D ---
 A -2-
 E -3-
 Hope you enjoy!
 Well, I packed  my bags and bought myself a ticket
 For the land of the tall palm tree
 Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
 I just stepped down from the airplane
 When I thought I heard her say
 Waka waka nuka nuka, waka  waka nuka  nuka
 Would  you like  a lei?
 Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
 Whisper in my ear
 Kicka poo ka maka wa wah wahini
 Are the words I long to hear
 Lay your coconut on my tiki
 What the hecka mooka mooka dear
 Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
 Say the words I long to hear
 It's a ukelele Honolulu sunset
 Listen to the grass skirts sway
 Drinking rum from a pineapple
 Out on Honolulu Bay
 The steel guitars all playing
 While she's talking with her hands
 Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
 Words I understand
 (Chorus)
 I boughta lota junka with my moola
 And sent it to the folks back home
 I never had the chance to dance the hula
 Well I guess I should have known
 When you start talking to the sweet wahini
 Walking in the pale moonlight
 Oka noka what a setta knocka rocka sis boom bocas
 Hope I said it right

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Readable chord sheet for Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian by John Prine

e ---------|
B ---------|
G ---------|
D ---------|
A ---0-2-3-|
E -3-------|

I also like to play the first strum of the F chord as follows:

e ------1----|
B ------1----|
G ----2------|
D -----------|
A --3--------|
E -----------|

The G7 chord is:

e -1-
B ---
G ---
D ---
A -2-
E -3-

Hope you enjoy!

Well, I pa[C]cked my bags and bought myself a ticket
For the land of the tall palm t[G7]ree
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waik[C]iki

I just stepped down from the airplane
When I thought I heard her s[F]ay
Waka waka nuka nuka, wa[C]ka waka nu[A]ka nuka
Wou[C]ld you l[G7]ike a l[C]ei?

Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Whisper in my ear
Kicka poo ka maka wa wah wahini
Are the words I long to hear
Lay your coconut on my tiki
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Say the words I long to hear

It's a ukelele Honolulu sunset
Listen to the grass skirts sway
Drinking rum from a pineapple
Out on Honolulu Bay
The steel guitars all playing
While she's talking with her hands
Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
Words I understand

(Chorus)

I boughta lota junka with my moola
And sent it to the folks back home
I never had the chance to dance the hula
Well I guess I should have known
When you start talking to the sweet wahini
Walking in the pale moonlight
Oka noka what a setta knocka rocka sis boom bocas
Hope I said it right

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