Pearly Shells Chords by Don Ho

Tempo:
70.2 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Am

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Pearly Shells chords
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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]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Am
2311
Em
121
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn Don Ho - Pearly Shells chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: C, Am, D, G, C, G and D. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 35 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 70. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 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] _ _ _

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