Chords for Stolen (feat. Ka’ikena Scanlan)

[Gm] Most significant presidential apology.
At the White House yesterday, President Clinton signed a formal letter of apology to the people of Hawaii.
He was apologizing on behalf of the U.S. government for the government's involvement.
A hundred years ago, he's been removing the independent Hawaiian monarchy by [Bb] force.
_ _ [Dm] Reherei, [Cm] hele le!
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm]
Can _ [D] _ [Gm] you see the flowers grow?
[Cm] Or feel the aina in between your toes?
No, [Eb] you'll never [D] know.
I will let [Bb] you stall.
[D] _ [Gm] _ I wonder why our people cry
[Cm] This situation is our one
[Eb] You never know
[D] I will let [Gm] you stop
[D] _ [Gm] As I wipe the tears from my eyes
[Cm] My kubuna can hear my cry
You [Eb] never, never, never [D] know
How it felt when [Gm] you stopped
[D] You have [Gm] a stone
Of the greed that you've got
Where's [F] it going?
To fill [Cm] your pockets
And you'll re-put [Gm] your soul in
You never, never, never know
How [D] it felt when you stopped [Gm] You've stolen
Of the greed that you've got
Where's [Cm] it going?
[F] To fill your pockets
And [Cm] you'll re-put [Gm] your soul in
You never, never, never know
How [D] it felt when you stopped
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [D] I [Gm] will use my native [Cm] rights
To live for what I believe is right
[Eb] You never know
[D] Our people, [Gm] you have [D] stolen
[Gm] The dancing chants remind me why
[Cm] Of who I truly [G] am inside
[Eb] You never know
[D] [Bb] Our people, you have stolen
[Gm] As I wipe the tears from my eyes
[Cm] My kubuna can hear my cry
[Eb] You never, never, never [D] know
How it felt [Gm] when you stopped
[D] You have [Gm] a stone
Of the greed that you've got
Where's [F] it going?
To fill [Cm] your pockets
And you'll re-put [Gm] your soul in
You never, never, never know
[D] How it felt when you stopped You've [Gm] stolen
Of the greed that you've got
Where's [A] it going?
To fill [F] your pockets
And [Cm] you'll re-put [Gm] your soul in
You never, never, never know
How [D] it felt when you stopped
Paradise [Eb] is at the end
Of where that rainbow lands
Some call it [Bb] a beachfront property
I call it a Hawaiian homeland
[Cm] You stripped away our fossil
You can count your gold and [D] tokens
For it has no trees
Our island system now is broken
[Eb] Opinions falling on deaf ears
Yet we have spoken
[Bb] The only time you ask us for our words
Is for your slogan
[Cm] So on our knees we hold hands
Crying with mouths open
[D] Speechless as even the air we breathe
It doesn't get lost, it gets stolen
[Gm] Of the greed that you've got
Where's [Cm] it going?
[F] To fill [Cm] your pockets
And you'll re-put [Gm] your soul in
You never, never, never know
How [D] it felt when you stopped You've [Gm] stolen
Of the greed that you've got
Where's [Cm] it going?
To fill [F] your pockets
And [Cm] you'll re-put [Gm] your soul in
You never, never, never know
[D] How it felt when you stopped
[Gm] Hail to [Gm] them gang
Take care of your sons and your daughters
Same way you take care of [Bb] your sons and your [Gm] daughters
Eola Hawaii E [Ab]-O
_ [D] E-O _
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