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LOVELY
HULA HANDS

Key of C Major
LOVELY HULA HANDS
Words and Music by R. Alex Anderson
This Ukulele Society of America Chord Sheet is for education and personal enjoyment only. Selling this sheet or collecting a fee performing from this sheet without
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C
Lovely hula hands
G7
Graceful as the birds in motion
(D
m
7)
G
7

Gliding like the gulls over the ocean
C G7 C
Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani


C
Lovely hula hands
G
7

Telling of the rains in the valley
(D
m
7)
G
7

And the swirling winds over the pali
C G7 C
Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani


LOVELY HULA HANDS
Words and Music by R. Alex Anderson
This Ukulele Society of America Chord Sheet is for education and personal enjoyment only. Selling this sheet or collecting a fee performing from this sheet without
the express written consent from the copyright owner(s) is strictly prohibited and punishable by law.
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C
7
F
Hui: I can feel your soft caresses of your hula hands
C
7
F
Your lovely hula hands
A
7
D
m

Every little move expresses so I'll understand
G
7

All the tender meaning


C
Of your hula hands
D
m
7
G
7

Fingertips that say aloha
D
m
7
G
7

Say to me again I love you
C G
7
C
#
dim
D
m
7
G
7

Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani
Palika April 2008





Source: Watching a hula dancer at a party, the composer heard someone say "Aren't her hands lovely". This
was the inspiration for his most popular composition written in 1939, that was later identified with hula
LOVELY HULA HANDS
Words and Music by R. Alex Anderson
This Ukulele Society of America Chord Sheet is for education and personal enjoyment only. Selling this sheet or collecting a fee performing from this sheet without
the express written consent from the copyright owner(s) is strictly prohibited and punishable by law.
Page 4 of 4 Revised 04/16/2008
artist, Aggie Auld. Music clip by Lani Lee