One Paddle, Two Paddle
Kui Lee, 1966
[Intro]
G7 C7 F x2
[Chorus]
F D7 G7 C7 F
One paddle, two padde | three paddle | four to take me home
F D7 G7
Fourteen on the right | fourteen on the left
G7 C7 F N.C.
Take me to Hawai'i nei | no ka best.
[Verse 1]
C
I went away a long time | such a long time | a long time ago,
F D7 G7 C C7
Seen enough cities | to last a lifetime | goin? away no more.
[Chorus]
F D7 G7 C7 F
One paddle, two padde | three paddle | for to take me home
F D7 G7
Fourteen on the right | fourteen on the left
G7 C7 F
Take me to Hawai'i nei | no ka best.
[Verse 2]
F F7 Bb F
I want to smell the flowers | sweet sweet flowers | where the tradewinds blow,
F D7 G7 C C7
Seen enough fences | to last a lifetime | goin? away no more | singin?.
[Chorus]
F D7 G7 C7 F
One paddle, two padde | three paddle | for to take me home
F D7 G7
Fourteen on the right | fourteen on the left
G7 C7 F
Take me to Hawai'i nei | no ka best.
[Verse 3]
F F7 Bb F
Yes, take me to my lover | my fair lover | I left long ago,
F D7 G7 C C7
Felt enough sorrow | to last a lifetime | goin? away no more
[Chorus]
F D7 G7 C7 F
One paddle, two padde | three paddle | for to take me home
F D7 G7
Fourteen on the right | fourteen on the left
[Outro]
G7 C7 F
(7 beats) Take me to Hawai'i nei | no ka best.
N.C.
C7 F(3) C7 F(3) C7 F (1 strum)
No ka best - no ka best - no ka best