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Hawaii 78 Tab

by Israel Kamakawiwoole


I have no idea if this is correct, but there is no other version here on UG. (I 
wish there was) So I'm putting this here so I can practice and save this to my fav 
tabs. As this is my first tab I don't know how to add the chords.

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


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


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


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


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


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

Hawai'i 78 (continued) 
 
Tears would come from each others eyes 
 
As they would stop to realize 
                                 
That our land is in great great danger now 


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


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