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Sweet Leilani

Words and Music by Harry Owens - 1937

Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1937, played for 12 weeks.

Academy Award for Best Original Song in the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding.

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F                F7	Bb             Bbm	F                C7	F             Dm    Cdim
C7	F               Dm    Cdim	C7	F                       C7
F                F7	Bb             Bbm	F                C7	F              Dm    Cdim
C7	F               Dm    Cdim	C7	F          (C7  repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Sweet Leilani, Heavenly flower, Nature fashioned roses kissed with dew,
And then she placed them in a bower, It was the start of you.
Sweet Leilani, Heavenly flower, I dreamed of paradise for two,

You are my paradise completed, You are my dream come true.

 

Sweet Leilani, Heavenly flower, Tropic skies are jealous as they shine,
I think they're jealous of your blue eyes, Jealous because you're mine.
Sweet Leilani, Heavenly flower, I dreamed of paradise for two,

You are my paradise completed, You are my dream come true.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Eddie Peabody perform "Sweet Leilani" on the Banjoline (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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