'Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Hawai'i '78

Song : 
D

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

Outro : 
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

For then I know that you'll be in love with them too