Agadoo  (1984)     (video)

 

   G - D

 

         G                                                              D

Agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, shake the tree,

                                                                      G

agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, grind coffee.

            G                                                                           D

To the left, to the right, jump up and down and to the knees,

                                                                                  G

come and dance every night, sing with a hula melody.

 

+  G - D

 

    G                                                                  D

1.     I met a hula mistress somewhere in Waikiki,

                                                                          G

    well, she was selling pineapple, playing ukulele,

                          G                                                                   D

    and when I went to the girl, come on, and teach me to sway,

                                                                                  D7                G

    she laughed and whispered to me: Yes, come tonight to the bay.

                         C                                G

    The lovely beach in the sky, the moon of Kauai,

                     A                                      D

    around calypso sarong, we‘ll all be singing this song.

 

         G                                                              D

Agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, shake the tree,

                                                                      G

agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, grind coffee.

            G                                                                           D

To the left, to the right, jump up and down and to the knees,

                                                                                  G

come and dance every night, sing with a hula melody.

 

+  repeat CHORUS

 

+  G - D - D7 - G

 

             E                                                     A

+  And down on the shore, they gather romance,

               G                          C            A          D

    she showed me much more, not only to dance. - - -

 

          A                                                              E

Agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, shake the tree,

                                                                      A

agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, grind coffee.

            A                                                                  E

To the left, to the right, up and down and to the knees,

                                                                                  A

come and dance every night, sing with a hula melody.

 

+  repeat CHORUS

 

                         D                                A

+  The lovely beach in the sky, the moon of Kauai,

                     B7                                     E

    around calypso sarong, we‘ll all be singing this song.

 

          A                                                               E

Agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, shake the tree,

                                                                      A

agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, grind coffee.

            A                                                                  E

To the left, to the right, up and down and to the knees,

                                                                                  A

come and dance every night, sing with a hula melody.

 

+  repeat CHORUS

 

+  A - E - E7 - A

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Black Lace)