O Akua Chords by Palolo

_ _ Ipua o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana, Ipua o [F] Hana
When the British first came to Hawaii, [Bb] the Hawaiian people [F] lived ease and ease
We lived in tribes that was run by [Bb] chiefs, ancestral gods and [C] the Kahuna [F] _
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_ Oakua, take me back to [Bb] the _ luauahine [F] in my little grass shack _
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_ _ Ipua o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana, Ipua o Hana
Kamehameha's battles were easily won [Bb] with the help of two haoles, [F] Davis and Young
_ That's how our first king has appeared, [Bb] his cannon and [Am] muskets were no match [F] for the spear _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oakua, take me back [Bb] to the _ luauahine [F] in my little grass shack
_ Oakua, _ take me back [Bb] to the _ [Gm] luauahine [C] in my little [F] grass _ shack
Ipua o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Ipua o Hana, Ipua o Hana
The missionaries come, they teach the king something new, [Bb] the king gave them land [F] to teach the Kaneka too
Now they own the land from the hill to the sea, [Bb] but was it given to them [C] or to [F] Christianity? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oakua, _ take me back to [Bb] the _ luauahine [F] in my little grass shack _
_ Oakua, take me back to [Bb] the _ luauahine [C] in my little [F] grass _ _ shack
Ipua o Hana, Ipua o Hana, _ _ _ Ipua [Dbm] _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana
Do they get industries on the missionary land?
[Bb] We got to get together, brother, [F] got to make a stand
Keep the culture and teach the keiki so they know, [Bb] ua make o [C] kainai ka [F]
pono _ _ _ _ _ _
Oakua, _ _ take me back to [Bb] the luauahine [F] in my little grass shack _
_ Oakua, take me back to the [Bb] _
luauahine [C] in my [F] little grass _ shack
[Fm] Ipua o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana, _ [Abm] Ipua o Hana, _ Ipua o Hana