Chords for Fiji " Tou Mai Laveta " Chant (Indigineous Life)
Tempo:
155 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Cm
Dm
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[G]
[B] [C]
[G]
[Db] [D]
[C]
[E] [D]
[G]
[Db]
[Eb] [D]
[F] [G]
[D]
[G]
[Ab]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Ab]
[C]
[Eb] [B]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Eb] I come from a part of the world [Cm] where the royal lineages are considered [Dm] a [Eb] dying breed.
The [Bb] missionaries flood them with [Cm] ghosts, spell mislead the people and take all [Dm] the land [Eb] in greed.
Sell them to a different kind of god [Cm] where their souls can be bought and forget about [Dm] their [Eb] history.
I'm a man from a warrior line, [Cm] yes, a town in Fiji and Ulu Kalala and [Dm] [Eb] Boranai, but he
recognized the raising of my [Cm] consciousness when I [G] migrated to the kingdom [Dm] of [Eb] Hawaii.
I opened up my mind to the [Cm] idea of strength and [Eb]
unity from my Samoan [Dm] [Eb] family.
Imagine [Gm] if we ever [Dm] come together [Cm] and we trace our roots all the [Eb] way back to [Dm] the [Eb] Maori, down to the [Dm] Tokelau [Cm] Islands, the Makesa and even down to [Eb] Tahiti.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous [Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Eb]
[Bb] life, [Cm]
that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous [Cm] life, [C] that's the life [Eb] I live.
What in the hell I'm trying to cover [C] my shine?
It's getting harder, [G] got to roll with the [Eb] guns.
I was keeping my guard up [Dm] because the moon [Cm] is a silver to me.
They know what I'm [Dm] talking [Eb] about, grab a gun and [Gm] then overcome.
They prove [Cm] them, now recognize their name.
They now accept the [Dm] truth [Eb] of pain beyond the pain.
Just stay between the lines, [Cm] play beyond the game.
They know what I'm [Eb] talking about, y'all.
This is not your [Dm] ordinary, [Cm] separate from the scary.
This street is my [Eb] education.
No say that your master [C] degree or your E-Rate degree will not influence my [Eb] mission.
From my ghetto youth born and [C] raised, give a lay to all the praise.
[Eb] For all of them who don't [D] see my [Ebm] vision.
This is not [Gm] some boy who plays [Cm] and I don't even blaze.
This is representing our [D] Pacific [Ebm] country.
[Eb] I'm living the indigenous [Cm] life, [Eb] that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous [Cm] life, that's [Eb] the life I squeeze.
I'm living the indigenous [Cm] life, that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous [C] life, that's [Dm] the life [Eb] I squeeze.
I'm taking this approach and it is [Cm] a Papua New Guinea.
[Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
New [Dm] Caledonia [Eb] to the canopy. [Bb] Kikikiki.
[Cm]
[Eb] Tettev [Dm] [Eb] wataka no me.
Kikikiki.
[Cm]
[Dm] Te te te te te. Garan [Eb] damarahia.
[Dm] Tettev [Cm] wataka te.
My [Dm] [Eb] native land of Fiji.
Kikiki.
[Cm]
[Dm] Welikum [Eb] wa mueli a tua.
Tettev [Cm] wataka te.
The king, [Dm] the [Eb] queen of all [Dm] terror
[Cm]
[Eb] To [Dm] have my, [Eb] to my, to eternal
[Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Eb]
[N]
[G]
[B] [C]
[G]
[Db] [D]
[C]
[E] [D]
[G]
[Db]
[Eb] [D]
[F] [G]
[D]
[G]
[Ab]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Ab]
[C]
[Eb] [B]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Eb] I come from a part of the world [Cm] where the royal lineages are considered [Dm] a [Eb] dying breed.
The [Bb] missionaries flood them with [Cm] ghosts, spell mislead the people and take all [Dm] the land [Eb] in greed.
Sell them to a different kind of god [Cm] where their souls can be bought and forget about [Dm] their [Eb] history.
I'm a man from a warrior line, [Cm] yes, a town in Fiji and Ulu Kalala and [Dm] [Eb] Boranai, but he
recognized the raising of my [Cm] consciousness when I [G] migrated to the kingdom [Dm] of [Eb] Hawaii.
I opened up my mind to the [Cm] idea of strength and [Eb]
unity from my Samoan [Dm] [Eb] family.
Imagine [Gm] if we ever [Dm] come together [Cm] and we trace our roots all the [Eb] way back to [Dm] the [Eb] Maori, down to the [Dm] Tokelau [Cm] Islands, the Makesa and even down to [Eb] Tahiti.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous [Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Eb]
[Bb] life, [Cm]
that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous [Cm] life, [C] that's the life [Eb] I live.
What in the hell I'm trying to cover [C] my shine?
It's getting harder, [G] got to roll with the [Eb] guns.
I was keeping my guard up [Dm] because the moon [Cm] is a silver to me.
They know what I'm [Dm] talking [Eb] about, grab a gun and [Gm] then overcome.
They prove [Cm] them, now recognize their name.
They now accept the [Dm] truth [Eb] of pain beyond the pain.
Just stay between the lines, [Cm] play beyond the game.
They know what I'm [Eb] talking about, y'all.
This is not your [Dm] ordinary, [Cm] separate from the scary.
This street is my [Eb] education.
No say that your master [C] degree or your E-Rate degree will not influence my [Eb] mission.
From my ghetto youth born and [C] raised, give a lay to all the praise.
[Eb] For all of them who don't [D] see my [Ebm] vision.
This is not [Gm] some boy who plays [Cm] and I don't even blaze.
This is representing our [D] Pacific [Ebm] country.
[Eb] I'm living the indigenous [Cm] life, [Eb] that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous [Cm] life, that's [Eb] the life I squeeze.
I'm living the indigenous [Cm] life, that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous [C] life, that's [Dm] the life [Eb] I squeeze.
I'm taking this approach and it is [Cm] a Papua New Guinea.
[Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
New [Dm] Caledonia [Eb] to the canopy. [Bb] Kikikiki.
[Cm]
[Eb] Tettev [Dm] [Eb] wataka no me.
Kikikiki.
[Cm]
[Dm] Te te te te te. Garan [Eb] damarahia.
[Dm] Tettev [Cm] wataka te.
My [Dm] [Eb] native land of Fiji.
Kikiki.
[Cm]
[Dm] Welikum [Eb] wa mueli a tua.
Tettev [Cm] wataka te.
The king, [Dm] the [Eb] queen of all [Dm] terror
[Cm]
[Eb] To [Dm] have my, [Eb] to my, to eternal
[Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Eb]
[N]
Key:
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Dm
C
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_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ I come from a part of the world [Cm] where the royal lineages are considered [Dm] a [Eb] dying breed.
The [Bb] missionaries flood them with [Cm] ghosts, spell mislead the people and take all [Dm] the land [Eb] in greed.
Sell them to a different kind of god [Cm] where their souls can be bought and forget about [Dm] their [Eb] history.
_ I'm a man from a warrior line, [Cm] yes, a town in Fiji and Ulu Kalala and [Dm] [Eb] Boranai, but he
recognized the raising of my [Cm] consciousness when I [G] migrated to the kingdom [Dm] of [Eb] Hawaii.
_ I opened up my mind to the [Cm] idea of strength and [Eb]
unity from my Samoan [Dm] _ [Eb] family.
Imagine [Gm] if we ever [Dm] come together [Cm] and we trace our roots all the [Eb] way back to [Dm] the [Eb] Maori, _ down to the [Dm] Tokelau [Cm] Islands, the Makesa and even down to _ [Eb] Tahiti.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ life, _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous _ [Cm] _ _ life, _ [C] that's the life [Eb] I live.
What in the hell I'm trying to cover [C] my shine?
It's getting harder, [G] got to roll with the [Eb] guns.
I was keeping my guard up [Dm] because the moon [Cm] is a silver to me.
They know what I'm [Dm] talking [Eb] about, grab a gun and [Gm] then overcome.
They prove [Cm] them, now recognize their name.
They now accept the [Dm] truth [Eb] of pain beyond the pain.
Just stay between the lines, [Cm] play beyond the game.
They know what I'm [Eb] talking about, y'all.
This is not your [Dm] ordinary, [Cm] separate from the scary.
This street is my [Eb] education.
_ No say that your master [C] degree or your E-Rate degree will not influence my [Eb] mission.
From my ghetto youth born and [C] raised, give a lay to all the praise.
[Eb] For all of them who don't [D] see my [Ebm] vision.
_ This is not [Gm] some boy who plays [Cm] and I don't even blaze.
This is representing our [D] Pacific [Ebm] country.
[Eb] I'm living the indigenous _ [Cm] _ _ life, [Eb] _ that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous _ _ [Cm] life, _ _ _ that's [Eb] the life I squeeze.
I'm living the indigenous _ _ [Cm] life, _ _ _ that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous [C] _ _ _ _ life, _ that's [Dm] the life [Eb] I squeeze.
I'm taking this approach and it is [Cm] a Papua New Guinea.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ New [Dm] Caledonia [Eb] to the canopy. _ [Bb] Kikikiki.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Tettev [Dm] _ [Eb] wataka no me.
_ Kikikiki.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Te te te te te. Garan [Eb] _ _ damarahia.
[Dm] _ _ Tettev [Cm] wataka te. _ _ _
_ My [Dm] [Eb] native land of Fiji.
_ _ Kikiki.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Welikum [Eb] wa mueli a tua.
_ Tettev [Cm] wataka te. _ _
The king, [Dm] the [Eb] queen of all _ [Dm] terror
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] To [Dm] have my, [Eb] to my, to eternal
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ I come from a part of the world [Cm] where the royal lineages are considered [Dm] a [Eb] dying breed.
The [Bb] missionaries flood them with [Cm] ghosts, spell mislead the people and take all [Dm] the land [Eb] in greed.
Sell them to a different kind of god [Cm] where their souls can be bought and forget about [Dm] their [Eb] history.
_ I'm a man from a warrior line, [Cm] yes, a town in Fiji and Ulu Kalala and [Dm] [Eb] Boranai, but he
recognized the raising of my [Cm] consciousness when I [G] migrated to the kingdom [Dm] of [Eb] Hawaii.
_ I opened up my mind to the [Cm] idea of strength and [Eb]
unity from my Samoan [Dm] _ [Eb] family.
Imagine [Gm] if we ever [Dm] come together [Cm] and we trace our roots all the [Eb] way back to [Dm] the [Eb] Maori, _ down to the [Dm] Tokelau [Cm] Islands, the Makesa and even down to _ [Eb] Tahiti.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ life, _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the [Bb] indigenous _ [Cm] _ _ life, _ [C] that's the life [Eb] I live.
What in the hell I'm trying to cover [C] my shine?
It's getting harder, [G] got to roll with the [Eb] guns.
I was keeping my guard up [Dm] because the moon [Cm] is a silver to me.
They know what I'm [Dm] talking [Eb] about, grab a gun and [Gm] then overcome.
They prove [Cm] them, now recognize their name.
They now accept the [Dm] truth [Eb] of pain beyond the pain.
Just stay between the lines, [Cm] play beyond the game.
They know what I'm [Eb] talking about, y'all.
This is not your [Dm] ordinary, [Cm] separate from the scary.
This street is my [Eb] education.
_ No say that your master [C] degree or your E-Rate degree will not influence my [Eb] mission.
From my ghetto youth born and [C] raised, give a lay to all the praise.
[Eb] For all of them who don't [D] see my [Ebm] vision.
_ This is not [Gm] some boy who plays [Cm] and I don't even blaze.
This is representing our [D] Pacific [Ebm] country.
[Eb] I'm living the indigenous _ [Cm] _ _ life, [Eb] _ that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous _ _ [Cm] life, _ _ _ that's [Eb] the life I squeeze.
I'm living the indigenous _ _ [Cm] life, _ _ _ that's [Eb] the life I live.
I'm living the indigenous [C] _ _ _ _ life, _ that's [Dm] the life [Eb] I squeeze.
I'm taking this approach and it is [Cm] a Papua New Guinea.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ New [Dm] Caledonia [Eb] to the canopy. _ [Bb] Kikikiki.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Tettev [Dm] _ [Eb] wataka no me.
_ Kikikiki.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Te te te te te. Garan [Eb] _ _ damarahia.
[Dm] _ _ Tettev [Cm] wataka te. _ _ _
_ My [Dm] [Eb] native land of Fiji.
_ _ Kikiki.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Welikum [Eb] wa mueli a tua.
_ Tettev [Cm] wataka te. _ _
The king, [Dm] the [Eb] queen of all _ [Dm] terror
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] To [Dm] have my, [Eb] to my, to eternal
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _