| A F G A |
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i |
| A F G A |
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i |
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If just for a day our king and queen |
| F |
Would visit all these islands and saw everything |
| G A |
How would they feel about the changes of our land |
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| A |
Could you just imagine if they were around |
| F |
And saw highways on their sacred grounds |
| G A |
How would they feel about this modern city life |
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| A |
Tears would come from each others eyes |
| F |
As they would stop to realize |
| G A |
That our people are in great great danger now |
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| A |
All the fighting that the king had done |
| F |
To conquer all the islands now there's condominiums |
| G A |
How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei |
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| A F |
How would they feel? |
| G A |
Would their smiles they smile, be content, or just cry? |
| A |
Cry for the gods, cry for the people |
| F |
Cry for the land that was taken all away |
| G |
And then yet you'll find bid goodbye, Hawai'i |
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| A |
Could you just imagine if they came back |
| F |
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks |
| G A |
How would they feel about this modern city life |
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| A |
Tears would come from each others eyes |
| F |
As they would stop to realize |
| G A |
That our land is in great great danger now |
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| A |
All the giving that she had done |
| F |
She gave all her love to everyone |
| G A |
How would she feel if she saw Hawai'i nei |
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| A F |
How would they feel? |
| G A |
Would they smile, be content, or just cry? |
| A |
Cry for the gods, cry for the people |
| F |
Cry for the land that was taken all away |
| G |
And then bid goodbye, Hawai'i |
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| A F G A |
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i |
| A F G A |
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i |
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