Michael Martin Murphey - Honolulu

^Fmaj7When I was three I ^F#m7b5went to Ho^Bb3/Dnolulu,^{Gm6 Fmaj7}Dad wore aloha s^F#m7b5hirts, Mom wore a mu^Bb3/Dumuu ^Gm6 The ce^Bbmaj7ntipedes are^Abmaj7 all that I r^Fmaj7emember I t^Bbmaj7hink I dropped my^Abmaj7 toy drum in the c^Fmaj7inders ^Fmaj7Down into the ^F#m7b5mouth of some v^Bb3/Dolcano^Gm6 near ^Fmaj7Honolul^Ebmaj7u ^{Emaj7 Fmaj7}

^Fmaj7Granddaddy used to ^F#m7b5fight in the ^Bb3/DPacific Flee^Gm6t ^Fmaj7Grandma used to ^F#m7b5say the air was ^Bb3/Dwarm and swee^Gm6t ^Bbmaj7But at last we^Abmaj7 had to move back^Fmaj7 to the States Back^Bbmaj7 to the land of ^Abmaj7natural gas and r^Fmaj7attlesnakes ^Fmaj7Granddaddy stayed and ^F#m7b5opened up a l^Bb3/Daundry^Gm6 out in ^Fmaj7Honolulu^{Ebmaj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7}

My ^Fmaj7Honolulu ^F#m7b5granddaddy drove a C^Bb3/Dadillac ^Gm6 He ^Fmaj7did card tricks and^F#m7b5 told us how the ^Bb3/Ddeck was stacke^Gm6d He t^Bbmaj7old us dirty ^Abmaj7jokes about the ^Fmaj7naval corps And ^Bbmaj7how one day the a^Abmaj7irplanes started up a^Fmaj7 war ^Fmaj7And how they buried ^F#m7b5bodies in long t^Bb3/Drenche^Gm6s in ^Fmaj7Honolulu^{Ebmaj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7}

^Bbmaj7Oh it used to^Abmaj7 be so ^Fmaj7nice ^Bbmaj7When he took us on his ^Abmaj7knee And told us about that tropical p^Fmaj7aradise It was al^Bb3/Dright ^Gm6

^Fmaj7Someday I’m going^F#m7b5 back to H^Bb3/Donolulu ^{Gm6 Fmaj7}I’ll wear aloha ^F#m7b5shirts, she’ll wear a^Bb3/D muumuu^{Gm6 Bbmaj7}Hawaii calls and^Abmaj7 who am I to ^Fmaj7stop it ^Bbmaj7I think I’ll buy a^Abmaj7 new toy drum and ^Fmaj7drop it ^Fmaj7Down into the^F#m7b5 mouth of some ^Bb3/Dvolcan^Gm6o in ^Fmaj7Honolulu^{Ebmaj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7}

^Fmaj7Aloha ‘oe, ^Fmaj7aloha,^{F#m7b5 Fmaj7} boys ^Fmaj7Aloha ‘oe, ^Fmaj7aloha ^{F#m7b5 Fmaj7}toys ^Bb3/DUntil we ^Gm6meet ^Fmaj7again ^{Emaj7 Fmaj7}