Chords for Molokai Slide Story

_ _ Hi, my name is Tad Suttling and I am the writer of the song Molokai Slide.
There's been some questions through the years as to who the writer is of the song made popular by Ihukai in
1997, so I put this video together with original photos of a luau on Molokai that we went to in
1988. _
The story starts in Lahaina, Maui where we boarded the Lin Wa to join the Maui Princess and ride out to the island of Molokai.
We had met a young lady from South Africa named Alex and we all decided to travel the island together and
later that day ended up at a local style luau put on by Larry Helm on the island of Molokai.
And that's where the story begins.
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_ _ _ _ _ I like the people, I like the way [C] they smile, I [Dm] like the feeling of you, I'm a paradise, I [Bb] like the cool island, man [G] _ this is where I [F] want to be.
_ _ _ _ Take me back, _ _ back to the kind, [D] take me [Dm] back, _ _ back to the kind.
[Bb] On the road to [C] Molokai, I will [F] _ return.
_ _ _ _ Take me back, _ _ back to the kind, [Dm] take me back, _ back to the kind.
[Bb] On the road to [C] Molokai, I [F] will return. _
_ _ _ _ _ I like the gecko singing in the night, I [Dm] like the do the dance we do in Molokai, slide [Bb] till the sun [G] come up shining, _ always no [F] better kind. _
_ _ _ _ _ I like the hula, I think you're really good, [Dm] woman I don't understand a word, but in time I think I could [Bb] if I just had the time, [C] oh if I just [F] had the _ time.
_ _ They [Dm] say now won't you come along, [Am] we'll have a luau by the sea, [Dm] we'll cook a little pig and [Am] all the coconuts are free.
[Bb] What you see is what you get, [Am] it's just a little grass shack, [Gm] I know you're gonna like [C] it and I hope you come back.
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_ [F] _ _ Fish is swimming around in the sea, [Dm] I like to plop them on the grill and I cook them up for me [Bb] with a big pat of butter, [C] man it can't get better [F] than this.
_ Nom nom nom, _ _ I like the chicken, you hop up on the grill [Dm] man, heck a piece of my fish eat up all the smell, [Bb] oh well, oh yeah [C] that's a luau down [F] by the sea.
_ _ We'll be fine, take me back, _ _ back to the kind, [C] take [Dm] me back, _ oh back to the kind, [Bb] all over Mo'peta [C] Molokai I [F] will _ return. _ _ _
Take me back, _ oh back to the kind, [D] take [Dm] me back, _ yeah back to the kind, [Bb] all over [Gm] Mo'peta [C] Molokai I will [F] return. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] All over Mo'peta [C] Molokai I [F] will return. _ _ _ _
[Gm] All over Mo [Bb]'peta [C] Molokai I [F] will return. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ Everybody we do the Molokai slide [Bb] now, move to the left, _ [C] _ move to [F] the right.
_ Now follow, _ yeah, yeah.
_ _ Back to the [Dm] kind, take me back, to the kind, [Bb] oh [Gm] I [C] _ _ _
[F] will return. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Take me back, oh back to the [Dm] kind, take me back, _ to the kind.
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