Chords for Hawaii '78 - IZ

Tempo:
116 bpm
Chords used:

D

C

Bb

Gm

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hawaii '78 - IZ chords
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Key:
D
1321
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
D
1321
C
3211
Bb
12341111
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To learn Israel Kamakawiwoole - Hawaii 78 chords with lyrics, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Bb, C, D, Bb, C, Bb. Begin your practice at a relaxed 58 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 116. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: F.

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[D] .
[Bb] .
[C] He [D] o tamatu he .
.
[Bb] aroa o .
[C] .
[D] .
Ua mau, he a o [Bb] kaina.
I [C] ka pono o [D] Hawaii .
Ua mau, he a o [Bb] kaina .
He ka [C] pono [D] o Hawaii .
If just for a day our king and queen.
[Bb] Would visit all these islands and saw everything.
[C] How would they feel about the changes of [D] our land?
.
Could you just imagine if they were around.
And [C] saw highways on their [Bb] sacred grounds.
[C] How would they feel about this modern city [D] life?
.
Tears would come from each other's eyes.
[Bb] As they would start to realize.
[C] That our people are in great, great [D] danger now .
How would [Gm] they [Bb] feel?
.
Would [C] their smiles be content than [D] any cries?
.
Cry for the gods, cry for the [C] people.
[Bb] Cry for the land that was taken away.
[C] And then yet you find [D] Hawaii .
Could you just imagine if they came back.
[Bb] And saw traffic lights in railroad tracks.
[C] How would they feel about this modern city [D] life?
.
Tears would come from each [Dm] other's eyes.
As they [Gm] would start [Dm] to realize.
[Bb] [C] That our land is in great, great [D] danger now .
All the fighting that the king had done.
[Bb] To conquer all these islands, now there's condominiums.
[C] How would he feel if he [Am] saw Hawaii?.
[D] .
How would he [Bb] feel?.
Would [C] his smile be content than [D] any cries?
.
Cry for the gods, cry for the [G] people.
[Bb] Cry for the land that was taken away.
[C] And then yet you find .
[D] Hawaii.
[A] Hawaii, [D] my land.
I [Bb] .
[C] will always remember you .
[D] Hawaii, my land .
[Bb] I will [C] always remember .
[D] you.
Hawaii, my land.
[Bb] I will always remember you.
I will .
[C] always remember [D] .
you .
I will always [Bbm] remember [Bb] .
[C] you.
[D] Hawaii .
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