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Holiday In Waikiki

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HOLIDAY IN WAIKIKI- The Kinks
TUNING:  E   B   E   G#   B  E  
I won a coEmpetition in a little column in my local F#m11paperE  
So I paEcked my bags and flew across the sea all on my local F#m11bakerE  
ASailing to Hawaii in the U.SB.A.
            E (w/ RIFF 1)
I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki
I didn't rEealize it was commercialized when I unpaF#m11cked mEy pieces
Because a Egenuine Hawaii ukulele cost me F#m1130 guiEneas
And Aeven when I'm swimming I have to Bpay
            E (w/ RIFF 1)
I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki
      F#RIFF 2   RIFF 1
Oh yeah, yeah
Across the Ecoral sands I saw a hula hula dancing, lF#m11ooking Epretty
I asked her Ewhere she came from and she said to me "I come from New F#m11York ECity
And my Amother is Italian, and my dad's a GBreek"
            E (w/ RIFF 1)
I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki
It's a ooga Eooga on the shining briny on the way to F#m11KonaE  
And in a Elittle shack they had a little sign that F#m11said-Ea Coca Cola
And Aeven all the grass skirts were of P.V.BC.
            E (w/ RIFF 1)
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----------|

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Holiday In Waikiki

by The Kinks

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F#m11

HOLIDAY IN WAIKIKI- The Kinks

E B E G# B E

TUNING:

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

E F#m11 E

I didn't realize it was commercialized when I unpacked my pieces

E F#m11 E

Because a genuine Hawaii ukulele cost me 30 guineas

A B

And even when I'm swimming I have to pay

E (w/ RIFF 1)

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

RIFF 2 RIFF 1

Oh yeah, yeah

E F#m11 E

Across the coral sands I saw a hula hula dancing, looking pretty

E F#m11 E

I asked her where she came from and she said to me "I come from New York City

A B

And my mother is Italian, and my dad's a Greek"

E (w/ RIFF 1)

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

E F#m11 E

It's a ooga ooga on the shining briny on the way to Kona

E F#m11 E

And in a little shack they had a little sign that said-a Coca Cola

A B

And even all the grass skirts were of P.V.C.

E (w/ RIFF 1)

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

Oh yeah, yeah

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----------|

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The chords for "Holiday In Waikiki" show the original chord names (including E, B, G#, F#m11, A, F#). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.