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Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii
On The Acoustic

Welcome to my Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii page you'll find the lyrics to this song, a free pdf chords and lyrics sheet along with tutorial demos and a link to purchase full lessons in .mp4 format.

Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii
Chords, Lyrics, Demo, Tutorial

Blue Hawaii is from the movie soundtrack of the same name which was released back in 1961. The actual song Blue Hawaii was first recorded back in 1937 by Bing Crosby for a film he starred in called Waikiki Wedding with Shirley Ross. Bing's version reached #5 on the chart of that day.

Billy Vaughn also released a version from his album called Blue Hawaii in 1958, which was three years before the Elvis version where he scored a #57 on the charts. Other artists who have recorded this song include Patti Page, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, George Greeley, Pat Boone, Willie Nelson, Suburban Rhythm and David Byrne.

This song was part of the soundtrack for the film, but the song Blue Hawaii itself was not released as a single. Only two singles, I Can't help Falling In lOVE with You and No More were single releases. The soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy in 1961.

For you old time piano players out there, Floyd Cramer played piano on this album.

Blue Hawaii Lyrics

Night and you - and blue Hawaii
The night is heavenly - and you are heaven to me
Lovely you - and blue Hawaii
With all this loveliness - there should be love

Come with me - while the moon is on the sea
The night is young - and so are we, so are we

Dreams come true - in blue Hawaii
And mine could all come true
This magic night of nights with you

Come with me - while the moon is on the sea
The night is young - and so are we, so are we

Dreams come true - in blue Hawaii
And mine could all come true
This magic night of nights with you

Chords & Lyrics

Blue Hawaii Tips

My version here is played in G but the original is played in G#, so if you want to play along with Elvis, put a capo on the first fret with my chords here.

This song has a pretty standard strum until later in the song when the bass player and the drummer decided to spice it up a bit with some walking bass. But without that component you'll be playing the G, C, E7, Daug and A7 chords with a standard root up down up root up down up strum pattern.

When you get to the walking bass portion in the song the rhythm switches to a down up down up as you through the bass notes blended with the rhythm. I explain this in the full video lesson tutorial. There is no picking break in this song but you could put one in if you wanted to, either following the verse or the chorus. But if you choose to do that you might over do it, which is why I chose not to include one in this version.

In hindsight, I could have sang this in the original key, but at the time I guess I couldn't locate my capo and went with the lower key of G.

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