Chords for Brother Noland - "Coconut Girl" @NancyKahumoku Maui
Tempo:
68.475 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
Em
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Anyway, she's about 99 years old, because I wrote this song really, really a long time ago.
[Em] Yeah, but she still looks pretty good in one piece.
Anyway, her name is Coconut [F#] Girl.
[Am] And it first started out like a blues thing.
[D] [A] [G] [F#] For a basketball game, I was sitting in a rec with [F] really in the poor boys.
[G] I was [F] playing the blues, you know, [Gm] that George Benson thing.
[C] [A]
[D] All [Am] [Am] [A]
of a sudden, [Cm] it came to me.
[Bm]
[G] [A] And
[Am] then a groove appeared.
And then a count appeared.
One, two, one, two, three, go.
[G]
[A] [C] [G] [Am] [G]
[Am] And they say, Jawaii music was born after that.
[G] [Am] I said, who take my lady [G] from the tropical [Am] island?
Who take my lady [G] to the Hollywood [Am] scene?
Who [C] put the money [G] on the body [Am] and the red lips?
Who [G] put my baby [C] on the sugar pouch?
Say goodbye to you, Coconut [D] Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's [D#] my Coconut [G] Girl [Am] in a high fashion world.
[G] Hey, [Am] you know the words.
It's [G] smooth [Am]
and high.
[G] OK, [A] help me out, y'all.
[Am] [G] [A]
[Am] I said, someone got a [G] poster [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay up and feel [G] it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [G] [C] Coconut Girl.
[G] Tell me, high [C] fashion world, take me to the [G] house where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [Em] paradise of cellulitis [F] because someone got a camera [E] in the name of.
[F] But it's [E] true, she's not that, and it ain't so good.
[Am] I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
Goodbye, [G] [Am] baby.
[D] Say goodbye to you, Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my [Em] Coconut Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
[G] [Am] OK, those of you visiting or not [G] familiar with this [Am] song, now you know.
So [Em] sing along.
[Am] I said, someone got a poster [Em] [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay [G] up and feel it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [Em] Coconut Girl.
[G] Tell me, high [Am] fashion world, take me to the house [G] where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [G] paradise of [Em] cellulitis because her face is on the cover [E] of a magazine.
[F] She got me all shakin' [E] like a Jimmy [Am] Dean.
I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
[G] Goodbye, [C] baby.
Say goodbye, [D] Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
[G] That [Am] was synchronized.
That was cool.
[G] [Am] It's nothing like being in a house where people [Am] don't have rhythm.
You're on it.
[G] OK, here we go.
Let's [C] tag out of this.
I said, goodbye, [G] Coconut [Em] Girl.
[G] A high [Am] fashion world.
One more time.
Goodbye, [G] Coconut Girl.
Tell me, high [Am] fashion [D] world.
You guys are too good.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Em] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a [Am] high fashion world.
[N]
[Em] Yeah, but she still looks pretty good in one piece.
Anyway, her name is Coconut [F#] Girl.
[Am] And it first started out like a blues thing.
[D] [A] [G] [F#] For a basketball game, I was sitting in a rec with [F] really in the poor boys.
[G] I was [F] playing the blues, you know, [Gm] that George Benson thing.
[C] [A]
[D] All [Am] [Am] [A]
of a sudden, [Cm] it came to me.
[Bm]
[G] [A] And
[Am] then a groove appeared.
And then a count appeared.
One, two, one, two, three, go.
[G]
[A] [C] [G] [Am] [G]
[Am] And they say, Jawaii music was born after that.
[G] [Am] I said, who take my lady [G] from the tropical [Am] island?
Who take my lady [G] to the Hollywood [Am] scene?
Who [C] put the money [G] on the body [Am] and the red lips?
Who [G] put my baby [C] on the sugar pouch?
Say goodbye to you, Coconut [D] Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's [D#] my Coconut [G] Girl [Am] in a high fashion world.
[G] Hey, [Am] you know the words.
It's [G] smooth [Am]
and high.
[G] OK, [A] help me out, y'all.
[Am] [G] [A]
[Am] I said, someone got a [G] poster [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay up and feel [G] it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [G] [C] Coconut Girl.
[G] Tell me, high [C] fashion world, take me to the [G] house where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [Em] paradise of cellulitis [F] because someone got a camera [E] in the name of.
[F] But it's [E] true, she's not that, and it ain't so good.
[Am] I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
Goodbye, [G] [Am] baby.
[D] Say goodbye to you, Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my [Em] Coconut Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
[G] [Am] OK, those of you visiting or not [G] familiar with this [Am] song, now you know.
So [Em] sing along.
[Am] I said, someone got a poster [Em] [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay [G] up and feel it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [Em] Coconut Girl.
[G] Tell me, high [Am] fashion world, take me to the house [G] where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [G] paradise of [Em] cellulitis because her face is on the cover [E] of a magazine.
[F] She got me all shakin' [E] like a Jimmy [Am] Dean.
I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
[G] Goodbye, [C] baby.
Say goodbye, [D] Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
[G] That [Am] was synchronized.
That was cool.
[G] [Am] It's nothing like being in a house where people [Am] don't have rhythm.
You're on it.
[G] OK, here we go.
Let's [C] tag out of this.
I said, goodbye, [G] Coconut [Em] Girl.
[G] A high [Am] fashion world.
One more time.
Goodbye, [G] Coconut Girl.
Tell me, high [Am] fashion [D] world.
You guys are too good.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Em] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a [Am] high fashion world.
[N]
Key:
Am
G
Em
C
A
Am
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Anyway, she's about 99 years old, because I wrote this song really, really a long time ago.
[Em] Yeah, but she still looks pretty good in one piece.
Anyway, her name is Coconut [F#] Girl.
_ [Am] And it first started out like a blues thing.
[D] _ [A] _ _ [G] [F#] For a basketball game, I was sitting in a rec with [F] really in the poor boys.
[G] I was [F] playing the blues, you know, [Gm] that George Benson thing.
[C] _ _ [A] _
[D] All [Am] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
of a sudden, [Cm] it came to me.
_ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ And _
_ [Am] _ _ then a groove appeared. _
And then a count appeared.
One, two, one, two, three, go.
[G] _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
[Am] And they say, Jawaii music was born after that.
[G] [Am] I said, who take my lady [G] from the tropical [Am] island?
Who take my lady [G] to the Hollywood [Am] scene?
Who [C] put the money [G] on the body [Am] and the red lips?
Who [G] put my baby [C] on the sugar pouch?
Say goodbye to you, Coconut [D] Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's [D#] my Coconut [G] Girl [Am] in a high fashion world.
[G] Hey, [Am] you know the words.
It's [G] smooth [Am]
and high.
[G] OK, [A] help me out, y'all.
[Am] _ [G] _ [A]
[Am] I said, someone got a [G] poster [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay up and feel [G] it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [G] [C] Coconut Girl.
[G] Tell me, high [C] fashion world, take me to the [G] house where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [Em] paradise of cellulitis [F] because someone got a camera [E] in the name of.
[F] But it's [E] true, she's not that, and it ain't so good.
[Am] I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
Goodbye, [G] [Am] baby.
[D] Say goodbye to you, Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my [Em] Coconut Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
_ _ [G] [Am] OK, those of you visiting or not [G] familiar with this [Am] song, now you know.
So [Em] sing along.
[Am] I said, someone got a poster [Em] [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay [G] up and feel it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [Em] Coconut Girl.
_ [G] Tell me, high [Am] fashion world, take me to the house [G] where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [G] paradise of [Em] cellulitis because her face is on the cover [E] of a magazine.
[F] She got me all shakin' [E] like a Jimmy [Am] Dean.
I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
_ [G] Goodbye, [C] baby.
Say goodbye, [D] Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
_ [G] That [Am] was synchronized.
That was cool.
_ [G] _ [Am] It's nothing like being in a house where people [Am] don't have rhythm.
You're on it.
[G] OK, here we go.
Let's [C] tag out of this.
I said, goodbye, [G] Coconut [Em] Girl.
_ [G] A high [Am] fashion world.
One more time.
Goodbye, [G] Coconut Girl.
_ Tell me, high [Am] fashion [D] world.
You guys are too good. _
And local boys ain't gonna find [Em] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a [Am] high fashion world.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Anyway, she's about 99 years old, because I wrote this song really, really a long time ago.
[Em] Yeah, but she still looks pretty good in one piece.
Anyway, her name is Coconut [F#] Girl.
_ [Am] And it first started out like a blues thing.
[D] _ [A] _ _ [G] [F#] For a basketball game, I was sitting in a rec with [F] really in the poor boys.
[G] I was [F] playing the blues, you know, [Gm] that George Benson thing.
[C] _ _ [A] _
[D] All [Am] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
of a sudden, [Cm] it came to me.
_ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ And _
_ [Am] _ _ then a groove appeared. _
And then a count appeared.
One, two, one, two, three, go.
[G] _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
[Am] And they say, Jawaii music was born after that.
[G] [Am] I said, who take my lady [G] from the tropical [Am] island?
Who take my lady [G] to the Hollywood [Am] scene?
Who [C] put the money [G] on the body [Am] and the red lips?
Who [G] put my baby [C] on the sugar pouch?
Say goodbye to you, Coconut [D] Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's [D#] my Coconut [G] Girl [Am] in a high fashion world.
[G] Hey, [Am] you know the words.
It's [G] smooth [Am]
and high.
[G] OK, [A] help me out, y'all.
[Am] _ [G] _ [A]
[Am] I said, someone got a [G] poster [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay up and feel [G] it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [G] [C] Coconut Girl.
[G] Tell me, high [C] fashion world, take me to the [G] house where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [Em] paradise of cellulitis [F] because someone got a camera [E] in the name of.
[F] But it's [E] true, she's not that, and it ain't so good.
[Am] I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
Goodbye, [G] [Am] baby.
[D] Say goodbye to you, Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my [Em] Coconut Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
_ _ [G] [Am] OK, those of you visiting or not [G] familiar with this [Am] song, now you know.
So [Em] sing along.
[Am] I said, someone got a poster [Em] [Am] in the bedroom.
They lay [G] up and feel it like a donut [Am] in the living room.
Goodbye, [Em] Coconut Girl.
_ [G] Tell me, high [Am] fashion world, take me to the house [G] where the lights [Am] are on their own.
Take me to the [G] paradise of [Em] cellulitis because her face is on the cover [E] of a magazine.
[F] She got me all shakin' [E] like a Jimmy [Am] Dean.
I wanna see the purpose [G] of the makeup [Am] and the skin.
_ [G] Goodbye, [C] baby.
Say goodbye, [D] Coconut Girl.
And local boys ain't gonna find [Am] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a high [Am] fashion world.
_ [G] That [Am] was synchronized.
That was cool.
_ [G] _ [Am] It's nothing like being in a house where people [Am] don't have rhythm.
You're on it.
[G] OK, here we go.
Let's [C] tag out of this.
I said, goodbye, [G] Coconut [Em] Girl.
_ [G] A high [Am] fashion world.
One more time.
Goodbye, [G] Coconut Girl.
_ Tell me, high [Am] fashion [D] world.
You guys are too good. _
And local boys ain't gonna find [Em] she's my Coconut [G] Girl in a [Am] high fashion world.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _