Chords for Kamalani

_ _ This song is one of my favorites.
It's a oldie.
Written by Uncle Larry Rivera, _ [C#] who's no relation to [A] Heraldo. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a love song _ _ _ _ about _ _ Kukaninui _ expressing his love for the one he calls Kamalani.
The song goes like this. _ _ _ _
_ Where is my love, Kamalani?
_ _ _ _ Please answer me, [E] _ Kamalani. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] Kukaninui, _ _ Kukaninui
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ Oh, here I am, _ [E]
Kamalani
_ Here _ _ _ in this _ [A] paradise _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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[D] Kamalani, _ [A] _ _ _ Kamalani
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Is this the fullness of [E] _
heaven?
[E] _ _ _ _ Here in this _ [A] paradise _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Please come to me, _ Kamalani _
_ _ _ When nights are still, _ [E] _ Kamalani
_ _ You can hear the _ birds sing
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Kukaninui, _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ he beckons you, _ Kamalani
_ _ _ _ We'll be together _ _ _ _ _ _ _ again _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Kamalani, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [A] Kamalani _ _ _ _ _
_ You _ _ hear the sound of [E] his _ voice _
_ _ [E] Here in this _ [A] paradise
_ Please _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ come to _ me, Kamalani _ _ _
_ When nights are still, _
_ [E] Kamalani _ _ _ _
You can hear the _ birds _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Kukaninui, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ he beckons you, _ [E] Kamalani _ _ _ _ _
We'll be together _ [A] _ _
_ again _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Kamalani, _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Kamalani _ _ _ _
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You [E] hear the sound of his [E] _
voice
_ _ _ _ Here in [Bm] this _ [A] paradise _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ Kamalani, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Kamalani _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You hear the sound [E] of his _ voice
[E] _ _ _ _ Here in this _ _ [A] paradise Kamalani, Kamalani _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ There's another song _ _ [Em] about _ _ [C#] _
[B] compassion,
_ [Gm] _ Ho'aloha, about _ being pono,
_ [D] _
with _ each [Am] other, _ _ with the aina,
_ _ with the [E] ocean, _ _ _ with the sky.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Lately a lot of stuff has been happening back home,
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ where _ _ _ _ _
[Em] sovereignty _ and [C] _ restitution [F] from _ the United States [C] of America,
and [B] Hawaiian homelands, _ _ [C] homesteading and all of that.
[Fm] Cost of living gets so high, we cannot stop progress,
but only, _ [N] you know, _ can, _ what _ _ _ do you call that,
_ _ integrate our _ Hawaiian-ness _ [E] into the progress,
[C] _ and find our little _ piece [F] of _ _ _ _ _ happiness,
[C] or, _ _ you know, whatever, [G] make the family _ [D#] good, pono,
teach our children _ _ _ about their ancestors,
[F] _ _ _ [F] _ because we've got to know about [C] our ancestors,
_ _ so that _
_ [G] _ our children [G] can grow [N] and teach them.
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