Chords for Makaha Sons: With Israel at the Beginning

_ _ [D] O pae, _ _ [C] _ _
o pae _ _ hoʻi, [G] o hele maiʻi, o hele maiʻi, [C] nā _ _ tuahine.
[E] I remember the first time when we joined up, the three of us, well with Asia, we joined,
actually we joined with Moon and Asia on the very first night.
Yeah.
No rehearsals.
We had the media in there.
[G] And I'll tell you what, wait a minute.
_ That was that week when Skippy, right?
Well, not the week, but I [C] think several weeks after Skippy passed away, we had these gatherings
and we had to open up at the ranch house.
And then I couldn't find Melbourne.
She was on Kaua'i I think or something.
[G] _ So at the last minute, I think we had [C] the first_
_ [Ab] _
[C] Wednesday.
It was Wednesday evening.
We were playing at the ranch house Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
So Wednesday.
It was Monday, Tuesday night and everything.
I was trying to help Melvin.
Couldn't get a hold of him.
And then finally Tuesday evening, he called. _ _
_ He came down.
He said, what are we going to do?
We just back him up.
Whatever song he does, we just back him up.
So there wasn't actually a set with us.
Whatever he picked up on, we just_
_ So that was what year?
It was 82.
82.
And _ then after that, I think we did ranch house for several more weeks
and then we disappeared.
We just went off the scene.
What?
We had to get our group.
We had to get the sound back.
I didn't know what we were doing.
We didn't have rehearsals for us.
I think we stayed almost a year.
We stayed out of the media.
We stayed out of the public. _ _ _
_ _ _ Trying to find that sound.
Trying to find the sound for that combination.
Without Skippy?
Yeah, without Skippy.
We [G] were trying to find a sound that was distinctive.
With each combination, with each group, there was a certain sound. _ _
It just sinks in.
After a while, you can just turn or just give signals.
Not here, at this, at that, whatever.
You just need to say it.
_ That's what we had to [C] develop. _
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