Capo: 2nd fret
INTRO:
E -8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|
B —————8-|—————8-|—————8-|—————8-|
G —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
D —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
A —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
E —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
VERSE:
C C
I’ll take another cold beer from you, brother
F
Got a story I could tell ya
G C
Could you drop a pink umbrella in my High Life?
Cmaj7
And make it look like a Mai Tai
F
I’ll paint you a palm tree picture
G
Couple fools in paradise
CHORUS:
C C
Swept up in the blue, we
Em
We’re living life in a movie
F
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
G
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
C Em
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
F
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Am G
Sometimes I wonder why we
C
Ever left Hawaii
E -8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|
B —————8-|—————8-|
G —————–|—————–|
D —————–|—————–|
A —————–|—————–|
E —————–|—————–|
VERSE:
C
Back on the mainland
Em7
Things ain’t the same, man
C Dm7
Wish we could go back to island time
G
We had a plan to sell bamboo and chimes
C
At a roadside souvenir stand
Em7 C
We had it all in the palm of our hands
Dm7 Am7 G
But it slipped right through like sand in Waimea Bay
G
We shoulda stayed
CHORUS:
C
Swept up in the blue, we
Em7 Em
We’re living life in a movie
F
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
G
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
C Em7 Em
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
F
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Am G
Sometimes I wonder why we
C
Ever left Hawaii
Am G F
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Am G D
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
CHORUS:
C
Swept up in the blue, we
Em7 Em
We’re living life in a movie
F Am
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
G
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
C Em
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
F
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Am G
Sometimes I wonder why we
C Em
Ever left Hawaii, mmm mmm mmm
F G C
Ever left Hawaii
Capo: 2nd fret
INTRO:
E -8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|
B —————8-|—————8-|—————8-|—————8-|
G —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
D —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
A —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
E —————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
VERSE:
C C
I’ll take another cold beer from you, brother
F
Got a story I could tell ya
G C
Could you drop a pink umbrella in my High Life?
Cmaj7
And make it look like a Mai Tai
F
I’ll paint you a palm tree picture
G
Couple fools in paradise
CHORUS:
C C
Swept up in the blue, we
Em
We’re living life in a movie
F
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
G
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
C Em
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
F
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Am G
Sometimes I wonder why we
C
Ever left Hawaii
E -8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|-8-8-8-8-8-7-8—|
B —————8-|—————8-|
G —————–|—————–|
D —————–|—————–|
A —————–|—————–|
E —————–|—————–|
VERSE:
C
Back on the mainland
Em7
Things ain’t the same, man
C Dm7
Wish we could go back to island time
G
We had a plan to sell bamboo and chimes
C
At a roadside souvenir stand
Em7 C
We had it all in the palm of our hands
Dm7 Am7 G
But it slipped right through like sand in Waimea Bay
G
We shoulda stayed
CHORUS:
C
Swept up in the blue, we
Em7 Em
We’re living life in a movie
F
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
G
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
C Em7 Em
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
F
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Am G
Sometimes I wonder why we
C
Ever left Hawaii
Am G F
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Am G D
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
CHORUS:
C
Swept up in the blue, we
Em7 Em
We’re living life in a movie
F Am
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
G
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
C Em
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
F
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Am G
Sometimes I wonder why we
C Em
Ever left Hawaii, mmm mmm mmm
F G C
Ever left Hawaii
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