Queen Of The Hollywood Islands chords by Dorothy Lamour
Verse 1
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Em
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She
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was born in New Orleans
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Ran an elevator in Chicago
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But she got to California somehow
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So farewell to New Orleans
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And goodbye to Chicago
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Cause look what she's
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a native of now
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She's the queen of the
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Hollywood islands
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Since they photographed
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her wearing a sarong
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She's never even seen Tahiti,
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still she's the big Tahitian sweetie,
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from wearin' her shirt short
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and her lashes long.
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She's the star of those tropical pictures,
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and she's strictly for the
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monkeys when she smiles.
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She couldn't even sing a loa,
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they had to get a guy to show her,
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the queen of the Holly
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Am
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wood Isles.
Oh, they spray her with
oil to make her shiny,
so she'll look like she has
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swum in some lagoon.
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Six electrical guys
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Am
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light the stars in the skies,
and a wind machine starts
blowing a Typhoon
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C
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there's a treadmill for her to run away on
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and she always runs
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C
into the leading man
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He's a muscular John six,
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but five inch small takes a gallon
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and a half to paint him tan
Ooga -nooga -booga fish boy
hooka -nooga -booga fish boy
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hooka -nooga -booga fish boy
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Boy, a hooga -nooga -booga, poi and fish
A hooga -nooga -booga, poi and fish
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A hooga -nooga -booga, poi and fish
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Some dish the belle of
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the Hollywood jungles
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In that same old plot
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they dig up from afar
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But never judge
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her by her chassis
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She's every bit as smart as Lassie,
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woof!
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The queen of the Hollywood
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Shouldn't catch pneumonia
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She's the queen of the Hollywood Isles
A -hooga -nooga -booga, fish and poi
A -hooga -nooga -booga, fish and poi
A -hooga -nooga -booga, fish and poi
Boing!
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