Chords for Poly Songbook - I Raro i te Tumunu - Kura Happ & Tekura Ruaporo

_ _ _ My name is Kura.
This is my nana.
She's my best mate.
We're gonna sing Iraru i te Tumunu and Nana wrote this song.
Yeah, I'm from Auckland. _ _
[Eb] Is it a love song?
Well, at the time, [N] I think so.
Yeah.
Who did you write it for?
Somebody I know.
No, you do it.
Come on.
Oh, I just wrote it for a school concert.
I thought I'd write this one down.
But we do the actions with it.
And so, that was made in 1955.
How do you know?
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
Iraru i [Ab] te marama, _ _ _ Iraru i te tumunu
_ _ No tau [Eb] a pirianga
_ _ _ Tia kia [Db] ia koe [Eb] _ maine
_ _ Iraru i te [Ab] marama, _ _ _ [Db] Angine i te matangi
_ _ [Bbm] Tere ka utitangikita e
_ [Eb] _ Under _ _ [E] _
[Ab] the coconut _ grove
_ I'll be the first in for [Eb] our love is true
_ _ _ I'll be waiting [Db] for you, [Eb] my sweet _ Iraru
By the light of the sandy [Ab] island moon
Under _ the coconut grove
_ I'll be the first in for [Eb] our love is true
_ _ I'll be [Db] waiting for you, [Eb] my sweet Iraru
_ By the light of the [Ab] sandy island moon
_ _ _ [Db] Palm trees are swaying
_ _ Still guitars are playing _
I know it is true
[Eb] _ _
[Cm] Iraru i te [Ab] marama
_ _ _ No tau a [Eb] pirianga
_ _ Tia kia [Db] ia koe [Eb] maine
_ _ _ [Cm]
Iraru [Ab] i te marama
_ _ _ Tia kia [Db] ia koe [Eb] maine
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Ab] Iraru i te marama
_ _ _ _ [N]