Chords for Keola Beamer - "Honolulu City Lights"

you know, how did you write this song?
They invariably say, it came through me.
What does that mean, it came through me?
I think it means we sort of learn to kind of quiet
the story of our lives, [Gb] quiet _ the heart of the [A] Bible
and kind of make [F] room for something.
_ [Gb] _
Hopefully something beautiful. _ _ _
[A] And we talk about how sons are like children, you know,
you create them and then they go [G] out into the world
and the good ones write back once in a while. _
_ Actually, quarterly.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So [Em] I want to share with you a song that I _ [A] sort of got out
of the way for.
_ And it's a song I still love to [B] this day.
My life turned out so that I sort of live my song
even more than I [G] dreamed when I wrote it. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Looking out for [G]
myself _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ At the start of [Am] the ocean _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ Got my ticket for [C] the _ midnight [Am] plane _
[G] It's not easy _ to [C] leave _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Took my clothes and put them [G] in _ my bag _
_ [Bb] _ Try not to think just head [Am] on in
_ _ _ [B] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ Looking out [Em] into [C] the city _ _ [Am] light
It's [G] not easy _ _ to [C] leave
_ Each _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] time [C] more of the blue [F] city light _
[Am] _ _ Stir [D] up a number of reasons
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Each [G] time [C] more of the blue [F] city light _
[G] _ Will bring me _ back [C] again _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ You [Bb] are my _ island [C] _ _ sunset _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ You are [F] my _ _ [C]
island rain _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Put on your shoes when I [G] say _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ One day which of my friends [F] will [Am] be there _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ Standing with their ladies [C] around _ [Am] my neck
It's [G] not _ easy to leave
[C] _ _ Each _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] time more of the [C] blue _ _ city [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ light
Stir up [D] a number of reasons
It's not easy to [G] [C] leave
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] Each _ _ _ _ time more [C] of the blue city [F] _ light
[G] _ _
Bring me _ [Dm] back [C] again
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Bring me _ back
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Bring [G] me back _ _ [Bb] back
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ back [C] back
back _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _