Lovely Hula Hands

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

LOVELY HULA HANDS
By R. Alex Anderson
Randy Travis
Key: F

-7   7  -6 -5   -6
Love-ly hu-la hands, 
-7     7  -6 -5   -6   -9 8   7
Grace-ful as the birds in mo-tion
5     5   5    5    6    -9   9* 8   7
Glid-ing like the gulls o’er the o-cean, 
5    5 -7* -7  -6
Love-ly hu-la hands
5  -3* 5  6  7 -6
Kou-Li ma na ni-e

-7   7  -6 -5  -6
Love-ly hu-la hands, 
-7    7  -6 -5   -6  -9  9*  8   7
Tell-ing of the rain in the val-ley
5    5    5    5    6   -9  9*  8  7
And the swirl-ing winds on the pa-li, 
5    5 -7* -7  -6    
Love-ly hu-la hands
5  -3* 5  6  7 -6
Kou-Li ma na ni-e
 
-6 -6   7  -6   -9  9   -10-10
I can feel the soft ca-ress-es 
-9  8    -7* 7   -7*
of your love-ly hands, 
-6   -5*  -6 -7  8  -7*
Your love-ly hu-la hands
-5  -5 -5* -5  -7*  -7  -9   -9
Ev-‘ry lit-tle move ex-press-es, 
-7* -7 -6* -5    7   
So I'll un-der-stand 
8    8   8* -9   -7   7
all the ten-der mean-ing
-7  7   -6 -5  -6
Of your hu-la hands, 
-7   7   -6   -5  -6 -9 8  7
Fin-ger-tips that say A-lo-ha
5   5  -5 5  6  -9   8   7   
Say to me a-gain I love you, 
5    5 -7* -7  -6
love-ly hu-la hands
5  -3* 5  6  7 -6 
Kou-Li ma na ni-e

-6 -6   7  -6   -9  9   -10-10
I can feel the soft ca-ress-es 
-9  8    -7* 7   -7*
of your love-ly hands, 
-6   -5*  -6 -7  8  -7*
Your love-ly hu-la hands
-5  -5 -5* -5  -7*  -7  -9   -9
Ev-‘ry lit-tle move ex-press-es, 
-7* -7 -6* -5    7   
So I'll un-der-stand 
8    8   8* -9   -7   7
all the ten-der mean-ing
-7  7   -6 -5  -6
Of your hu-la hands, 
-7   7   -6   -5  -6 -9 8  7
Fin-ger-tips that say A-lo-ha
5   5  -5 5  6  -9   8   7   
Say to me a-gain I love you, 
5    5 -7* -7  -6
love-ly hu-la hands
5  -3* 5  6  7 -6 
Kou-Li ma na ni-e

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