Chords with lyrics
Verse:
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Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina
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E MajorE le atua o le sami tele e o mai
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Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei
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Tapenapena (Olo, olo vaka)
Chorus:
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Aue, aue
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Nuku i mua
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Te manulele e tataki e
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Aue, aue
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te fenua, te malie,
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Nae ko hakilia
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mo kaiga e.
Verse:
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We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high
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We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze
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At night, we name every star,
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We know where we are
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We know who we are, who we are.
Chorus:
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Aue, aue,
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We set a course to find
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Aue, aue,
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We keep our island in our mind
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And when it's time to find home
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We know the way
Chorus:
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Aue, aue,
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We are explorers reading every sign
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We tell the stories of our elders
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in a never-ending chain
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Aue, aue,
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Te fenua, te m?lie
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N? heko hakilia
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