Chords for Napua Greig - Lawakua

_ _ _ _ _ You were [Db] in a unique place.
You were not at this year's [D] Nahauku Hana Hana Awards.
Tell us where [Db] you were and what happened when [Bb] you found out about [Eb] you being the female vocalist of the [Em] year.
I was in Japan [A] and [Ab] I had made that commitment [G] last year before I even knew the date of the Haukus.
So you know you gotta stick with your commitment.
Yeah I couldn't like [Em] come home [Gb] for that.
So I was really bummed but [Bbm] my mom, [N] Kudu Lindsay, who's like mom, boss, everything for us, _ coach, she made me get a Japanese cell phone so they could call us.
And we're in the middle of a show and I just did the kahiko [G] section and I came up and my boyfriend had the cell [B] phone and he knew already.
They had called home and [Bb] told him.
And he was in the dressing room like big smile and all [N] excited and I was like what?
He was like do you know?
And I was like know what?
You what?
I was like what what? _ _ _
Okay [Em] teach clothes next.
[Ab] Yeah I was [Eb] quite [A] _ [C] surprised.
Very very happy.
[B] _
She was up for several [F] nominations this year and [G] when it was announced that she was female vocalist of the year all of us backstage looked [N] at each other because we knew, some of them knew but [Db] some of us did not.
So when they announced it all I [B] said was she's [N] not here and somebody turned to me what do you mean she's not here?
She's in Japan and she's jumping up and down somewhere right now.
Yeah yeah yeah.
Yeah real high.
You can see I [Gb] was basketball jumping.
We're [G] very very pleased to [Bb] have her here.
As a matter of fact she [Db] just flew here just a little bit ago, got off [Gb] the plane and you flew Hawaii to get here.
Yeah yeah yeah.
[N] _
Chewing right into it too.
Had to check the sponsors.
_ [D] One _ more time ladies and gentlemen a nice round of [Eb] applause.
Female vocalist of the year, Napua Gray.
Mahalo. _ _ _ _
_ _ I'd like to mahalo again Alan Yamamoto and Billy Vee and everybody over at Hawaiian Kind.
I have John Grewley here from AMI.
[D] So if you don't have a pihana CD _ _ then he [Eb] has some.
So by all means please go attack him.
[Gb] [D] He's okay with it.
He's okay with attacking ya.
He's good at that.
I'm a single parent trying to build a home.
_ _ [G] Buy 10 if you want to.
_ _ [Gm] We have chum.
[G] Again I'd like to mahalo the wonderful musicians who joined me today and mahalo all [D] of you.
Auntie [Em] Gail for bringing my beautiful [E] lei.
_ All my beautiful lei.
_ _ Mahalo [A] the sound guys here today.
We were here a year [D] ago, almost a year ago.
And I remember I was so honored and so [Em] actually shocked because [Gm] Auntie Genoa was sitting right there where [G] you folks are.
Auntie Genoa and Auntie [Gm] Kealoha Kalama.
And I was a little bit overwhelmed a year ago that was happening.
So [Db] mahalo [Bm] you folks for coming out [A] here today.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
We have beautiful weather.
So happy to live [C] in Hawaii.
_ [D] _ So I'd like to [E] do this song for you.
A song I wrote for my sister Kahulu a few [A] years back.
It's called Lava Kua.
[D] In Hawaiian lava kua means back home.
[Em] _ _ _ And that she is [D] certainly for me and our family.
She's that for the halau.
She's also the kung hula of our halau.
[Em] And so the [Bm] highest honor in our culture is [G] to write a mele [A] for someone.
[Em] Because a mele you cannot take away.
You buy clothes, the [Bm] thing gets old.
You buy jewelry that goes out of [D] style.
You cannot [B] take away a mele.
So the [Em] highest honor I could give her was [D] this mele.
And I'd like to do it for you today.
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Ola, _ [A] _ ola ila i.
[Em] _ _ [E] Henani [D] ko [D] _
e [G] milia [C] i. _
[C] I [D] to tu [A] i o [A] ke wae. _ _ _ _ _ _
Ola kapali [Am] _ ulila _ [G]
oa e.
I ka ihi.
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[A] _ Ola ni po _ [D] _ _ [A]
ola ni kau _ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
makano [A] _ e.
[D] Ola ka _ [A] _
oho [A] lemu [D] ae. _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ ke kani _ [G] oa.
I ke [A]
lihone.
[D] _ I [A] ka mana _ _
[G] o ka [A] hea _ pua.
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Ola _ ka ola i. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] Henani ko _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] e milia i.
I ka ihi.
Ola ni po ola ni kau [D] makano e.
Ola ka ola i.
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_ _ _ [B] I _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ ke kani _ oa.
[G] I ke [A] lihone.
_ _ [D] I ka mana o _ [G] ka [A] hea _ [D] pua.
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_ _ [E] Ola [B] ka ola i. _ _
_ Henani [E] _ _ _ ko _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ e milia [C] i.
I ka ihi.
[E] Ola ka [B] _ ola i.
_ Ola ka ola i. _ _
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_ [D] _ _ Henani [A] ko _ _ _ e milia i.
I [B] ke kani oa. _ _
_ Ladies and gentlemen, applaud Greg.
Kumu [Ab] ula.
How about you [Abm] recording artists?
And now, our award [Eb] winner.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
We're going to take a short break, but we're going to give away [G] a prize right now.
One of our sponsors, [Ab] actually two of our sponsors, have [Eb] brought down some wonderful prizes.
And they are Maui [C] Gold Pineapple.
And we have some wonderful prizes [Eb] from our friends from GEICO