Chords for Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau " Hawaii 78 " Live at Hanks Place

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[Eb] Ladies and gentlemen, _ _ we'd like to do this song [B] which comes from the island of Hawaii.
[Db] _ It was written by a young man _ by the [Eb] name of Miki Iwani. _ _ _
This song is entitled _ _ Hawaii, _
_ [B] 1978. _ _ _ _ _
[Db] To us people, _ _ _ this song is a very [Eb] touching song
_ _ _ because it tells a story _ _ of our ancestors of yesterday _ [B] and of our society today.
_ [Eb] _ _ Specifically, this song talks about our [Eb] king and queen _ _ _ _ _
and if they had the chance _ to come back and walk their [B] land once more. _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Could you imagine, _ _ just imagine, _ [Eb] _ _ how they'd feel or what they'd say
_ _ about the condominiums and hotels, _ [B] those that are built upon sacred land. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ Imagine, imagine how [Eb] they'd feel about the traffic lights _ and freeways
_ that goes freely throughout the land. _ _
_ [B] _ _ Could you _ _ [Eb] imagine yourself _ _ [Ab] watching [Db] your king and queen [Eb] walk the land today _ _ _ _
and all of a sudden they come up to a fence _ _ with a sign [B] upon it that says
_ _ keep up, _ [Db] no trespassing. _ _ _ _
People, how [Eb] would they feel about _ Hawaii today?
_ _ The life [B] _ of this aina, _ this land, [Db] _ is perpetuated in righteousness
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for [Eb] you and I, [Eb] the people of Hawaii. _
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_ [B] Hawaii la, _ _ _ _
[Abm] ika [Db] pono _ _ _ _ [Eb] o _ _ hawaii. _ _
If just for a day our king and queen [B] would visit all the islands and saw everything
[Db] How would they feel about the changes of [Eb] our land? _ _ _
Would you just be imagining if they were around
[B] And saw highways on their sacred grounds?
[Db] How would they feel about this modern [Bb] city [Eb] _ life? _ _ _
While tears were coming from the eaves of their [B] town
That they must talk to me
[B] That [Db] our people are in great _ [Eb] danger _ _ _ _ now
_ _ How would _ _ they [B] feel? _ _ _ _ _
Would [Db] they smile?
_ [Db] Be content?
Or would they [Eb] just cry?
_ _ _ Today our generation cries for the gods of the past
We cry for ourselves
[B] Most of all we cry for the land that was taken away
[Db] And yet they call this land, this aina, _ _ [Eb] Hawaii _ _ _ _ _
Would you just be imagining if they came [B] back
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks?
[Db] How would they feel about this modern [Eb] city life? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Tears are coming from each other's [B] eyes
As they [B] whisper to me
[Db] That our [Db] land is in great, great [Eb] danger _ now _ _ _
_ _ All the fighting that the king has done
[B] He conquered all the islands, now there's hundreds left
_ [Db] How would they feel if they saw _ [Eb] Hawaii there? _ _ _ _
_ _ How _ _ _ would [B] he _ _ _ _ feel?
[Ebm] [Db] Would his smile be content?
Or would [Eb] he _ just cry? _ _ _
_ Cry for the gods, cry for the people
[B] Cry for the land that was taken away
_ [Db] And yet you _ cry, [Eb] _ Hawaii _ _ _ _
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen, _ we hope that [B] someday you'll love this song as much as we do
_ [Db] For it was written for you and I
_ [Eb] It was written like this _
_ _ The life _ _ of [B] this aina, this land _ _ _
Is [Db] perpetuated in righteousness _ _ for you and I
The people of _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ Hawaii
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