Intro: D Bb C D D Bb C D


D                   Bb         C       D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
D                   Bb         C       D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i


D
If just for a day our king and queen
Bb
Would visit all these islands and saw everything
C                                            D
How would they feel about the changes of our land


D
Could you just imagine if they were around
Bb
And saw highways on their sacred grounds
C                                          D
How would they feel about this modern city life


D
Tears would come from each others eyes
Bb
As they would stop to realize
C                                         D
That our people are in great great danger now
D                Bb               C                       D
How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry


D
Cry for the gods, cry for the people
Bb
Cry for the land that was taken away
C                         D
And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i


D
Could you just imagine if they came back
Bb
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
C                                          D
How would they feel about this modern city life


D
Tears would come from each others eyes
Bb
As they would stop to realize
C                                      D
That our land is in great great danger now


D
All the fighting that the king had done
Bb
To conquer all these islands now these condominiums
C                                   D
How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei
D             Bb              C                       D
How, would he feel, would his smile be content,  then cry


D
Cry for the gods, cry for the people
Bb
Cry for the land that was taken away
C                         D
And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i


D                  Bb           C      D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
D                  Bb           C      D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i


D                  Bb           C      D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
D                  Bb           C      D
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
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