Pearly Shells Chords by Don Ho
Tempo:
70.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is the biggest drinking song in Hawaii, everybody.
Let's everybody sing together, all right?
Repeat [G] after me whatever I say.
All you gotta say is pearly shells, all right?
Pearly shell, pearly shell, from the ocean, from the ocean.
[C] Shining in the sun, shining in the sun.
[D] Covering the shore, covering the shore.
When [G] you see them, when you see them.
[C] My heart tells me I [Am] love you [G] more than all [D] the [G] fish in the sea. Hawaiian style.
Ho ho, hao e ma, i ka naku, hao e ma, e [C] la we mai, hao e mai.
I [D] ka mea hou, hou e mai, [G]
hou e mai, [C]
[G] hao [D] e mai, [G] hao e mai.
A ku uhome [C] [Am] [D]
Ikaulu naka-akalau, [G] hoopani.
Ikaulu lei lei [C] Keala [Am] ulani, [D] a ku hume, ku hume [G] Ikauli.
Here we go, Sakama.
[Em] Ko uhome, [D] [G] [D] heo maka.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [Am]
[D] [G] Pearlie Shell, Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, [C] shining in the sun, shining
in the sun, [D] covering the shore, covering the shore, when you [G] see them, when you see them,
[C] my heart tells me [Am] I love you [G] more than all of [D] the world.
Pearlie Shell, Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, shining in the sun, shining
in the [G] sun, [D] [G] Pearlie Shell.
[N]
Let's everybody sing together, all right?
Repeat [G] after me whatever I say.
All you gotta say is pearly shells, all right?
Pearly shell, pearly shell, from the ocean, from the ocean.
[C] Shining in the sun, shining in the sun.
[D] Covering the shore, covering the shore.
When [G] you see them, when you see them.
[C] My heart tells me I [Am] love you [G] more than all [D] the [G] fish in the sea. Hawaiian style.
Ho ho, hao e ma, i ka naku, hao e ma, e [C] la we mai, hao e mai.
I [D] ka mea hou, hou e mai, [G]
hou e mai, [C]
[G] hao [D] e mai, [G] hao e mai.
A ku uhome [C] [Am] [D]
Ikaulu naka-akalau, [G] hoopani.
Ikaulu lei lei [C] Keala [Am] ulani, [D] a ku hume, ku hume [G] Ikauli.
Here we go, Sakama.
[Em] Ko uhome, [D] [G] [D] heo maka.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [Am]
[D] [G] Pearlie Shell, Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, [C] shining in the sun, shining
in the sun, [D] covering the shore, covering the shore, when you [G] see them, when you see them,
[C] my heart tells me [Am] I love you [G] more than all of [D] the world.
Pearlie Shell, Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, shining in the sun, shining
in the [G] sun, [D] [G] Pearlie Shell.
[N]
Key:
G
D
C
Am
Em
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This is the biggest drinking song in Hawaii, everybody.
Let's everybody sing together, all right?
Repeat [G] after me whatever I say.
All you gotta say is pearly shells, all right?
_ _ Pearly shell, pearly shell, from the ocean, from the ocean.
[C] Shining in the sun, shining in the sun.
[D] Covering the shore, covering the shore.
When [G] you see them, when you see them.
[C] My heart tells me I [Am] love you [G] more than all [D] the [G] fish in the sea. Hawaiian style.
Ho ho, hao e ma, i ka naku, hao e ma, e [C] la we mai, hao e mai.
I [D] ka mea hou, hou e mai, [G]
hou e mai, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ hao [D] e mai, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ hao e mai.
A ku uhome [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D]
Ikaulu naka-akalau, [G] hoopani. _ _
Ikaulu lei lei [C] Keala [Am] ulani, [D] a ku hume, ku hume [G] Ikauli.
Here we go, Sakama.
[Em] Ko uhome, [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] heo maka.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Pearlie Shell, Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, [C] shining in the sun, shining
in the sun, [D] covering the shore, covering the shore, when you [G] see them, when you see them,
[C] my heart tells me [Am] I love you [G] more than all of [D] the world.
Pearlie Shell, _ _ Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, shining in the sun, shining
in the [G] sun, _ [D] [G] Pearlie Shell. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ This is the biggest drinking song in Hawaii, everybody.
Let's everybody sing together, all right?
Repeat [G] after me whatever I say.
All you gotta say is pearly shells, all right?
_ _ Pearly shell, pearly shell, from the ocean, from the ocean.
[C] Shining in the sun, shining in the sun.
[D] Covering the shore, covering the shore.
When [G] you see them, when you see them.
[C] My heart tells me I [Am] love you [G] more than all [D] the [G] fish in the sea. Hawaiian style.
Ho ho, hao e ma, i ka naku, hao e ma, e [C] la we mai, hao e mai.
I [D] ka mea hou, hou e mai, [G]
hou e mai, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ hao [D] e mai, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ hao e mai.
A ku uhome [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D]
Ikaulu naka-akalau, [G] hoopani. _ _
Ikaulu lei lei [C] Keala [Am] ulani, [D] a ku hume, ku hume [G] Ikauli.
Here we go, Sakama.
[Em] Ko uhome, [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] heo maka.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Pearlie Shell, Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, [C] shining in the sun, shining
in the sun, [D] covering the shore, covering the shore, when you [G] see them, when you see them,
[C] my heart tells me [Am] I love you [G] more than all of [D] the world.
Pearlie Shell, _ _ Pearlie Shell, from the ocean, from the ocean, shining in the sun, shining
in the [G] sun, _ [D] [G] Pearlie Shell. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _