Chords for "Hawaiʻi ʻ78" | Song Across Hawaiʻi | Playing for Change Collaboration

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_ _ 40 years after [D] its release, _ _
[G] 40 artists and 14 schools across [C] four islands _ _ [Db] unite as we re-imagine [G] _ [Em] Hawaii 78. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ If just for a day our Queen and [Ab] King would visit all the islands and saw everything,
[Bb] _ how would they feel about the changes [C] of our land?
_ _ _ _ Can you just imagine if they were out [Ab] and saw highways on a sacred ground?
[Bb] How would they feel about this modern [C] city _ life?
_ _ _ _ _ Tears would come from each other's [Ab] eyes as they would stop to realize _ [Bb] our people are in great, great [C] danger now.
_ _ _ _ _ How _ would _ _ [Ab] they _ _ _ _ feel?
[Bb] Would they smile, be content, or [C] just _ cry?
_ _ _ _ Cry for the gods, cry for the people, [Ab] cry for the land that was taken away, [Bb] and then bid goodbye, _ _ [C] Hawaii. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Just imagine if they'd come back and [Dm] saw traffic lights and railroad tracks.
[Am] How would they feel about this modern city [D] life? _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Tears would come from each other's eyes [Bb] as they would stop to _ realize [Am] that our land is in great, great [D] danger now.
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_ _ E o [Bb] ka halina, _ _ _ i [Am] ka _ pōhau _ _ _ _ [D] _ e.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] All the giving that the Queen has done, [Bb] she gave all her love to everyone.
_ [Am] How would she feel if she [C] saw Hawaii [D] in its _ end?
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Would [Am] they smile, be content, [D] or just cry? _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Cry for the gods, cry for the [Bb] people, cry for the land that was taken away, [Am] and then yes, you'll find Hawaii.
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_ _ _ Waiāia.
Ua mau _ _ au [C] ke ao [D] kāina, _ _ _ _ i ka _ _ pōhau e.
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_ Honō Hawaii.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ E ola mau [Bm] kākou.
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_ _ E [D] aloha _ _ _
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_ _ [B] a, [E] e aloha a. _
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