[Capo +5 Ukelele syle]
 
                D(6)
 I want to go back to little grass shack
 7                 E7
 In Kealakekua, Hawai'i
           A7
 I want to be with all the kanes and wahines
                  D(6)
 That I used to know long ago
        F#7
 I can hear the old guitars playing
         B7
 On the beach at Hônaunau
        E7
 I can hear the old Hawaiians saying:
        A7      E7              A7    (Bb°)
 'Komo mai no kâua i ka hale welakahao'
               D(6)
 It won't be long till my ship will be sailing
          E7
 Back to Kona
     A7
 A grand old place
          Bb°           F#7
 That's always fair to see, you're telling me
 
      B7
 I'm just a little Hawaiian
 A homesick island boy
    E7
 I want to go back to my fish and poi
               D(6)
 I want to go back to my little grass shack
                   E7
 In Kealakekua, Hawai'i
            A7 
 Where the humuhumunukunukuâpua'a
             D(6)
 Go swimming by
   

[Source Noble's Hawaiian Favorites Copyright 1933, 1961 Miller Music Corp, - This song was introduced in Kona, Hawai'i at the July 4th canoe races, 1933. Harrison gave the song to John Noble to publish, who revised the music to give it an almost new melody without changing Cogswell's words. This was done to dispel the claim that others had written the song. Once published, the song became a smash hit. Noble turned over the royalties to the Sherman Clay Co. in San Francisco for $500.00 advance royalty, giving the credit to Cogswell and Harrison. Kealakekua is the bay where Captain Cook was killed in 1779. Hônaunau is the ancient City of Refuge and Kona is the district where both are located on the Big Island.]