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Hawaiian War Chant
Words by Ralph Freed, Music by Johnny Noble and Prince Leleiohaku -1936
 Part 1:
G - - -
C G D7 G             D7
G - - -
C G D7 G             G7
C G D7 G             G7
C G D7 G
 Part 2:
Gm - - -
Cm Gm D7 Gm
Gm - - -
Cm Gm D7 Gm
C G D7 G             G7
C G D7 G       (repeat all)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Part 1:
There's a sunny little funny little melody,  That was started by a native down in Waikiki,
He would gather a crowd down beside the sea,  And they'd play his gay Hawaiian chant.
Soon the other little natives started singing it,  And the hula huia maidens started swinging it,
Like a tropicai storm that's the way it hit,  Funny little gay Hawaiian chant.
Ow way tai tualan,
We big bad fighting man.

Part 2:
Tho it started on an island down Hawaii way,  It's as popular in Tennessee or Ioway.
If you wander into any Cabaret,  You will hear this gay Hawaiian chant.
Tho it started on an island down Hawaii way,  It's as popular in Tennessee or Ioway.
If you wander into any Cabaret,  You will hear this gay Hawaiian chant.
Ow way tai tualan,
We big bad fighting man.
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Watch Eddie Peabody play the "Hawaiian War Chant" on his Banjoline (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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