How Do I Move iTunes Playlists/Settings only to new computer

I have an iMac G5 (10.5.8) where where my iTunes sofware is located...however all the songs that the iTunes program accesses are located on an external hard drive. (iMac G5 Hard Drive not big enough to hold all the songs)
I have a MacBook (10.6.7) that I want to run my itunes software from instead of the G5...while I keep all the songs that the program access on my external hard drive where the songs already exist.
So to summarize, I just want to move my itunes playlists and settings from my G5 over to my MacBook, but leave all the songs on the external hard drive.
Can anyone answer how to accomplish this? Thank you.

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