One Foot On Sand By Justin Kawika Young

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One Foot on Sand
By Justin Kawika Young
Intro:
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E |-1---3-1---3- (Play 2X)
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(Continue picking part and chords throughout oli (chant))
Oli:
Eia Hawai'i (Behold Hawai'i)
He moku (An island)
He kanaka (A man)
He kanaka Hawai'i e (A Hawaiian man)
'Anno'ai me ke aloha nui e Hawai'i (Greetings with great love Hawai'i)
Aloha no e ku'u one hanau e, (Love indeed to Hawai’i the sands of my birth)
Aloha e, aloha e, aloha e (Love...)
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Gsus* F
Am
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On may own, on the wind
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Gsus F
Am
F
A moment ends and one begins
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Gsus F
Am
F
Sense of freedom over the sea
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Gsus
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Am
F
But I watch my home get further from me
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C
Sometimes I reach to meet the clouds
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C
But I always keep one foot on the ground
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Gsus
Am
F (X2)
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Gsus F Am F
My horizons widening
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Gsus
F
Am
F
But nights are cold here, sometimes lonely
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Gsus F
Am
F
Eyes are open, so much to see
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Gsus F
Am
F
But sometimes they long for familiarity

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