A                       F               G       A
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
       A                        F               G       A
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i

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

A
Could you just imagine if they were around
        F
And saw highways on their sacred grounds
        G                                             A
How would they feel about this modern city life

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

(refrão)
A
Cry for the gods, cry for the people
F
Cry for the land that was taken away
G                           A
And then yet you'll find,    Hawai'i

A
Could you just imagine if they came back
F
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
G                                             A
How would they feel about this modern city life

A
Tears would come from each others eyes
F
As they would stop to realize
G                                       A
That our land is in great great danger now

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

(refrão)
       A                        F               G       A
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
       A                        F               G       A
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i