Chords for Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - "Hawaiʻi '78" Live In Studio

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Oh _ [D] Hawaii, _ if [A] just for a day our King and [Bb] Queen would visit all these islands.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ Could you just imagine if they were around [Bb] and saw highways on their sacred grounds?
[C] How would they feel about this modern [D] city life?
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Each other's [Bb] eyes and they would start to realize [C] that our peace _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] Cry for the land that was taken away [C] and then yet you find [D] _ me
She just imagined if they came and [Bb] saw traffic lights and railroad [C] _ _
_ [D] city life
_ _ Tears would come from each other's [Bb] eyes as they would start to realize
[C] That our land is in great, great [D] danger now
_ _ _ All the fighting that the King has won, [Bb] he conquered all these islands and others, hundreds of millions
[C] How would he feel if he saw [D] Hawaii near? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] It is not _ _ [D] far
_ _ Cry for the lands, cry for the [Bb] people, cry for the land that was taken [C] away
And then yet you find [D] _ _ me _ _
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Introducing my band, [D] I'm based from Waimanalo, Oahu, Mara'analu, Aina
_ My six string guitar from the Fish Groups of Aloha, [A] my cousin Melamina
[Bb] _ _ [C] From the band, Kalapana, [D] on keyboards, Merekela, Holomalina _
On percussions, the Hawaiian man rap up in a [Bb] Haole man's body
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_ _ [D] _ _ My name is Cesar Kamaka-Vivoli, I am Hawaiian
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_ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] I ka pono, _ [C] oh Hawaii
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