Chords to Aloha Ke Akua by Nahko Bear (Medicine for the People)
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Play it on piano or any instrument of choice. (:
Intro starts with Dbm
Dbm
Lend your ears, lend your hands,
A
Lend your movement, anything you can.
Dbm
Come to teach, come to be taught.
A
Come in the likeness in the image of God.
E
Cause, you can be like that.
Ab
With all that humbleness, and all that respect.
Dbm
All of the power invested in me,
A
be it hard to love my enemies.
E Ab
All of the black bags over the heads of the dead and dying.
Dbm
The more I understand about the human race,
A
the less I comprehend about our purpose and place
E
and maybe if there was a clearer line
Ab
the curiosity would satisfy.
Dbm
Time based prophecies that kept me from living,
A
in the moment I am struggling
E
to trust the divinity of all the gods
Ab
and what the hell they have planned for us.
Dbm
I cry for the creatures who get left behind
A
but everything will change in a blink of an eye
E
and if you wish to survive,
Ab
you will find the guide
~ Dbm A E Ab ~
Dbm
I go back and forth every single day,
A
the clarity that comes to me in a choppy way,
E
as the feelings and the places
and the seasons change,
Ab
the galaxies remain.
Dbm
Energy fields cone the body in space.
A
The angels that are coming from a spiritual waste.
E
The hate that gets me distant from my spiritual pace.
Ab Dbm
Ten fold the manna when the planets are in place, in polar alignment.
A
We're on assignment.
E
Bodies on consignment.
Ab
Return them to the circus.
Dbm
And what is the purpose?
A E
What is the purpose and would you believe it?
Ab
Would you believe it
A B
if you knew what you were for
E Ab
and how you became so informed?
A B
Bodies of info performing such miracles.
E Ab
I am a miracle made up of particles
A
and in this existence,
B
I'll stay persistent,
E
and I'll make a difference
Ab
and I will have lived it.
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha Ke Akua, Ke Akua,
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha, Kuleana, Kuleana.
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha Ke Akua, Ke Akua,
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha, Kuleana, Kuleana.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I will praise, I will praise.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I give thanks, I give thanks.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I will praise, I will praise.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I give thanks, I give thanks.
Dbm
And the day that I don't wake up
A
and transcend the holy make-up,
E Ab
I am capable, I am powerful.
Dbm
And the day that I don't wake up
A
and transcend the holy makeup,
E Ab
I am on my way to a different place....
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~ Dbm A E Ab ~
~ Dbm A E Ab ~
Dbm
I'm not a leader, just a creature,
seeking the features of a teacher.
A
Whether you follow or whether you lead
E
All mysterious ways of nature and I'm into it.
Ab
Changing management.
Dbm
And there are various ways to conquer this monotonous metropolis,
A
my stubbornness is bottomless,
my fearlessness is talking shit
E Ab
and I'm wide awake and I'm taking names.
Dbm
I am not a leader, just a creature.
Seeking the features of a teacher.
A
Whether you follow or whether you lead
E
All mysterious ways of nature and I'm into it.
I'm into it.
Ab
Changing management.
Dbm
And there are various ways to conquer this monotonous metropolis,
A
my stubbornness is bottomless,
my fearlessness is talking shit
E
and I am wide awake.
Ab
And I'm taking names.
Dbm
And there are various ways to conquer this monotonous metropolis,
A
my stubbornness is bottomless,
my fearlessness is talking shit,
E Ab
and I'm wide awake and I'm taking names.
Dbm
Do you speak to me like you speak to God?
A
All of the love and understanding between the father and the son?
Dbm
Do you believe in the perfectness of where you are?
A
These are my people, these are my children,
this is the land that I would fight for.
Dbm
My solidarity is telling me to patiently
A
be moving the musical medicine around the planet in a hurry,
E
Cuz there's no time to waste.
Ab
Got to wake up the people time to stand up and say,
A B
we know what we are for
E Cm
and how we became so informed.
A B
Bodies of info, performing such miracles.
E Cm
I am a miracle, made up of particles
A
and in this existence,
B
I'll stay persistent
E
and I'll make a difference
Cm
and I will have lived it. ........
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha Ke Akua, Ke Akua,
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha, Kuleana, Kuleana.
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha Ke Akua, Ke Akua,
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha, Kuleana, Kuleana.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I will praise, I will praise.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I give thanks, I give thanks.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I will praise, I will praise.
Dbm A
Each day that I wake,
E Ab
I give thanks, I give thanks.
Dbm
And the day that I don't wake up
A
and transcend the holy make-up,
E
I am capable, Hm that's right,
Ab
I am powerful.
Dbm A
And the day that I don't wake up and transcend the holy make-up,
E Ab
I am on my way to a different place!
~Dbm A E Ab~ (...ect)~lala
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha Ke Akua, Ke Akua,
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha, Kuleana, Kuleana.
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha Ke Akua, Ke Akua,
Dbm A E Ab
Aloha, Aloha, Kuleana, Kuleana.
