How to Play Puka Puka Pants on Ukulele?

Jo Ann Campbell - Puka Puka Pants can be played in the key of E7 using the E7, A7, D, Gm chords. For E7, To play E7, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open. For A7, To play A7, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave G, E, A open. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 4, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Puka Puka Pants with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Jo Ann Campbell - Puka Puka Pants Ukulele Chords

Chord reference E7, A7, D, Gm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[E7] [A7] [D] [E7] [A7] [D] [D]Never cared for stylish clothes [E7]Send them back to France. Give me a [A7]coconut hat on the side of my head And my [E7]puka [A7]puka [D]pants [A7]

[D]Strum my ukulele, boy, [E7]“Wanna see me dance?” Give me a [A7]note and I’ll sing “a ring a ding ding” In my [E7]puka [A7]puka [D]pants [D7]

I like to [G]spend my day the [Gm]island way [D]just having fun And [G]where I go, I’ll [Gm]say hello [E7]to every[A7]one.

[D]Gonna stay the picnic type, [E7]never mind the ants With my [A7]shirt tail flapping in the breeze And my [E7]puka [A7]puka, [E7]puka puka [A7]puka, [E7]puka puka [A7]puka [D7]pants

[D]Never cared for stylish clothes, [E7]Send them back to France. With a [A7]figure like mine, I can get along fine, in my [E7]puka [A7]puka [D]pants [D]She’s inclined to shy away [E7]from the cads and cants With a [A7]flower lei hanging round my neck And my [E7]puka [A7]puka [D7]pants [D7]

The [G]moon is shining [Gm]on the sea, [D]it’s only kind of [D7]dark I [G]look at you, you [Gm]look at me, [E7]and we feel the [A7]spark.

[D]Gonna stay the picnic type, [E7]never mind the ants With my [A7]shirt tail flapping in the breeze And my [E7]puka [A7]puka, [E7]puka puka [A7]puka, [E7]puka puka [A7]puka [D]pants

And my [E7]puka [A7]puka, [E7]puka puka [A7]puka, [E7]puka puka [A7]puka [D7]pants [A7] [D]

Artist Jo Ann Campbell

Album Single

Genres Pop

Year 1961

Key E7

Jo Ann Campbell - Puka Puka Pants can be played in the key of E7 using the E7, A7, D, Gm chords.

For E7, To play E7, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open.
For A7, To play A7, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave G, E, A open.
For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.
For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 4, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Puka Puka Pants with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.