{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":661253,"song":"Holiday In Waikiki","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/661253-holiday-in-waikiki-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/661253?type=chord","rating":4.46109,"votes":4,"content":"HOLIDAY IN WAIKIKI- The Kinks\r\n\r\nTUNING: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI won a competition in a little column in my local paper[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                                                   [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I packed my bags and flew across the sea all on my local baker[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSailing to Hawaii in the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\r\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]       \r\nI didn't realize it was commercialized when I unpacked my pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBecause a genuine Hawaii ukulele cost me 30 guineas[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd even when I'm swimming I have to pay[/tab]\r\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\r\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]  RIFF 2   RIFF 1\r\nOh yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAcross the coral sands I saw a hula hula dancing, looking pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                                                      [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI asked her where she came from and she said to me \"I come from New York City[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd my mother is Italian, and my dad's a Greek\"[/tab]\r\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\r\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's a ooga ooga on the shining briny on the way to Kona[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd in a little shack they had a little sign that said-a Coca Cola[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd even all the grass skirts were of P.V.C.[/tab]\r\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\r\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\r\n\r\n\r\nOh yeah, yeah\r\n\r\nIn Waikiki\r\nIn Waikiki\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS:\r\n    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m11[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]   RIFF 1:           RIFF 2:\r\nE  -4----2---5--7--2-- ------------------- ------------------------|\r\nB  -0----0---5--7--2-- --5-6-5-3-1-0------ ------------------------|\r\nG# -3----1---5--7--2-- --------------2-4-- ------------------------|\r\nE  -4----2---5--7--2-- ------------------- ------------------------|\r\nB  -0----0---5--7--2-- ------------------- -2h0-----------0-2-2-2--|\r\nE  -0----0---5--7--2-- ------------------- -----5-5-5h4-5----------|[/tab]","plain_text":"HOLIDAY IN WAIKIKI- The Kinks\n\nTUNING: E B E G# B E\n\n\n\n\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\n\n\n\n\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\n\n\n\n\n\n            E (w/ RIFF 1)\nI'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki\n\n\nOh yeah, yeah\n\nIn Waikiki\nIn Waikiki","chords":["E","B","G#","F#m11","A","F#","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}