HOLIDAY IN WAIKIKI- The Kinks TUNING: E B E G# B E E F#m11 E I won a competition in a little column in my local paper E F#m11 E So I packed my bags and flew across the sea all on my local baker A B Sailing to Hawaii in the U.S.A. E (w/ RIFF 1) I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki I didn't realize it was commercialized when I unpacked my pieces Because a genuine Hawaii ukulele cost me 30 guineas And even when I'm swimming I have to pay I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki F# RIFF 2 RIFF 1 Oh yeah, yeah Across the coral sands I saw a hula hula dancing, looking pretty I asked her where she came from and she said to me "I come from New York City and my mother is Italian, and my dad's a Greek" I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki It's a ooga ooga on the shining briny on the way to Kona And in a little shack they had a little sign that said-a Coca Cola And even all the grass skirts were of P.V.C. I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki Oh yeah, yeah In Waikiki In Waikiki CHORDS: E F#m11 A B F# RIFF 1: RIFF 2: E -4----2---5--7--2-- ------------------- ------------------------| B -0----0---5--7--2-- --5-6-5-3-1-0------ ------------------------| G# -3----1---5--7--2-- --------------2-4-- ------------------------| E -4----2---5--7--2-- ------------------- ------------------------| B -0----0---5--7--2-- ------------------- -2h0-----------0-2-2-2--| E -0----0---5--7--2-- ------------------- -----5-5-5h4-5----------|
About the artist behind Holiday In Waikiki Chords:
The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for rock and roll, while albums such as Face to Face,[2] Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era.[3]
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