Hawaii 78 Ukulele Chords

by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: G C E A
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author Aloha_Moo [a] 659. Last edit on Dec 14, 2017

Chords

D
Bb
C

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[Verse]
   D                Bb         C       D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'āina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
   D                Bb         C       D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'āina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
   D                                       Bb
If just for a day our king and queen Would visit all these islands and saw everything
C                                            D
How would they feel about the changes of our land Could you just imagine if they were around
    Bb                                   C                                          D
And saw highways on their sacred grounds How would they feel about this modern city life
                                          Bb
Tears would come from each others eyes as they would start to realize,
     C                                    D
That our people are in great great danger now
                Bb                C
How, would they feel, could their smiles be content
         D                     Bb                                                       C
then and cry Cry for the gods, cry for the people, cry for the land that was taken away and
                       D
then yet you'll find Hawaii
 
          D                                  Bb
Could you just imagine if they came back and saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
C                                          D
How would they feel about this modern city life Tears would come for each others eyes
   Bb                               C                                 D
As they would start to realize that our land is in great great danger now All the fighting that
                     Bb                                                 C
the king had done to conquer all these islands now there'e condominiums how would he feel
                 D                Bb             C                          D
if he saw Hawaii nei How would he feel would his smile be content, then and cry Cry for the
                          Bb                                   C                          D
gods, cry for the people, cry for the land that was taken away and then yet you'll find Hawaii
 
   D               Bb        C        D        D               Bb        C        D
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono o Hawai'i Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono o Hawai'i
   D               Bb        C        D        D               Bb        C        D
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono o Hawai'i Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono o Hawai'i
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Hawaii 78 – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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