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Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 
       A5                    F5            G5      A5 
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 


   A5 
If just for a day our king and queen  
      F5 
Would visit all these islands and saw everything 
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How would they feel about the changes of our land 


A5 
Could you just imagine if they were around 
        F5 
And saw highways on their sacred grounds 
        G5                                    A5 
How would they feel about this modern city life 


A5 
Tears would come from each others eyes 
     F5 
As they would stop to realize 
        G5                                A5 
That our people are in great great danger now 
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How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry 


      A5 
      Cry for the gods, cry for the people 
      F5 
      Cry for the land that was taken away 
      G5                      A5 
      And then yet you'll find,    Hawai'i  


A5 
Could you just imagine if they came back 
F5 
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks 
G5                                    A5 
How would they feel about this modern city life 

Hawai'i 78 (continued) 
A5 
Tears would come from each others eyes 
F5 
As they would stop to realize 
G5                                A5 
That our land is in great great danger now 


A5 
All the fighting that the king had done 
F5 
To conquer all these islands now these condominiums 
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How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei 
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How, would he feel, would his smile be content,  then cry 


       A5                    F5            G5      A5 
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 
       A5                    F5            G5      A5 
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i