Song :
D
Intro :
G G
G G7 C G
O, now, brother is gone and I must carry on,
G D7
Sharing the manaʻo with the people that we sing to.
G G7 C G
Every time we kanikapila we just go on and on,
G G7 C G
Singing of the ʻāina and aloha that is gonna be gone.
G G7 C G
O, one day the brother told me, “C’mon let’s make a band.
G G7 C G G7
We might lose everything we’ve got but hopefully not the land.”
C D7 G C
Then the brothers and sisters sang along ‘til everybody knew that song "break"
D7 G
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono, onipaʻa.
D7 G
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i nā ʻopio.
Instrumental :
G C G C G D7 G D7 G
G G7 C G
We started to jam at a one-night stand, the brother and I in the band.
G G7 C G
Then one morning as I was waking up by a knock on my door from a friend,
G G7 C G
He said, “The brother is gone, he’s gone for good.” I didn’t know that he would.
G G7 C G G7
Like the aliʻi he was a brave young man but I didnʻt get to talk to the man.
D7 G D7 G
C D7 G C
Then the brothers and sisters sang along ‘til everybody knew that song "break"
D7 G D7 G
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono, onipaʻa. Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i nā ʻopio.
D7 G D7 G
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono, onipaʻa. Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i nā ʻopio.
D7 G C G C G C
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i nā ʻopio.
G
Aloha ʻoe, pua ka ʻilima
