Chords for Lahela Ku'u Poki'i

[A] You think of all of your favorite songs, [G] and [Bm] this is one that I felt so sad I hadn't included [C#m] after the first one was completed.
[E] [Bm] After I thought about it, I thought, how could I not do this song?
_ [A] It was my grandma's favorite song, [Bm] _ _
and I loved [C#m] singing it for her.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] I _ got [D] to talk to Auntie Nina Kelly Iwahamana.
[C#m] [E] Her mother wrote the [Bm] words to this beautiful song, and she told me that [A] her friend had come over and had brought [Bm] pictures of her daughter Rachel for them [C#m] to look at.
And Auntie Nina said, [Bm] Rachel, I saw the happy, happy little [A] girl, always smiling, and her eyes always twinkled.
[Bm] So Rachel in Hawaiian is lahela.
[C#m] Lahela ku'u pōki'i.
[Bm] Lahela, my dear little one.
[A] I didn't want anyone to think [Bm] that I thought that this was my song, and [C#m] _ _
[Bm] so I thought deep in heart who [A] I would ask to sing this song with me.
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I asked my [C#m] cousin, who was named after my grandma, [E] if she would [Bm] join me on the [D] CD.
She totally freaked out.
[A] And she said, what?
[Bm] I haven't sung for so long.
I said, I [C#m] remember you belong to the magicals at [Bm] Kailua.
So I went [A] to Kailua, [Bm] brought the words, brought the arrangement, [C#m] and she learned it so well.
And I have a really bad habit.
[Bm] My producer, [D] Dave Tusseran, will tell you that I don't [A] sing anything the same [Bm] twice.
He calls me the child of Howard [C#m]
because Howard did the same thing.
[Bm] But when my cousin Angie [A] came into the studio, she was able [Bm] to align perfectly with me.
She [C#m] had no idea that outside he was saying, she's never [Bm] going to be able [D] to align with this.
And [A] just as he said it, she would align perfectly.
[Bm] It's truly amazing.
[C#m] I love to play this song.
I love to sing this song because I know [Bm] my grandma can hear it.
[A] So [C#m] Angie, [A] can you [Bm] come up?
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[E] Ngā hoʻi ʻāʻu, [Em] [A] nga hoʻi [Bm] ʻāʻu,
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[A] Aʻoʻi, [Bm] e i moʻa kua [C#m] i moʻa
Li [Bm] kiene, [G] [G#m] aʻo [A#] _ [A] _