Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian by John Prine, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian

Biography:

John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.

The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.

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This is my first tab, so please bear with me! Also, I should mention that I got all of
the words from the previous tabber, so thanks to him/her for that.

The verses and chorus are played the same way. I like to start each with the following run:

e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---0-2-3-|
E|-3-------|

I also like to play the first strum of the F chord as follows:

e|------1----|
B|------1----|
G|----2------|
D|-----------|
A|--3--------|
E|-----------|

The G7 chord is:

e|-1-|
B|-0-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-3-|

Hope you enjoy!

[Verse]
C
Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
G7
For the land of the tall palm tree
C
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki

I just stepped down from the airplane
F
When I thought I heard her say
C
Waka waka nuka nuka, waka waka nuka nuka
C G7 C
Would you like a lei?

[Chorus]
C
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
G
Whisper in my ear
G7
Kicka poo ka maka wa wah wahini
C
Are the words I long to hear

Lay your coconut on my tiki
F
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
C A7
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
D7 G7 C
Say the words I long to hear

It's a ukelele Honolulu sunset
Listen to the grass skirts sway
Drinking rum from a pineapple
Out on Honolulu Bay
The steel guitars all playing
While she's talking with her hands
Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
Words I understand

(Chorus)

I boughta lota junka with my moola
And sent it to the folks back home
I never had the chance to dance the hula
Well I guess I should have known
When you start talking to the sweet wahini
Walking in the pale moonlight
Oka noka what a setta knocka rocka sis boom bocas
Hope I said it right