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Couldn't Take The Mana

Composer: Mana Kaleilani Caceres
Performed by: Mana
Album: Mana/Who I Am
Sheet by: Wristbreaker


Intro:
A F#m D E(x2)

A         F#m         D      E
Another road built on sacred land
A          F#m            D         E
One more hotel gone up on our birth sands
A          F#m        D     E
Where have all of our ali'i gone?
A             F#m              D         E
Maybe they'll return when they hear this song

Chorus:
A                             F#m
They took the land, they took aloha
              D                              E
Overthrew the Queen, even though they didn't know her
A                            F#m
Supressed ikaika, and then kupuna
D                     E                      A      F#m   D
Broke the 'ohana, but they couldn't take the mana
    E                      A       F#m   D   E
But they couldn't take the mana

A         F#m       D       E
Another puka in the mountainside
A         F#m             D      E
One more bone moved for a faster ride
A          F#m        D        E
Where have all of our old ways gone?
A            F#m                      D         E
Maybe you'll bring them back when you hear this song

CHORUS

Bridge:
D    E     D                  E
I remember how things used to be
D       E              D              E
My tutu used to say as I sat upon his knee

Rap(No chords):
We didn't need a lot of money, we didn't have a lot of things
The only mau mea we needed was what the akua bring
Like the sunshine and the rain and the wind was so much stronger
The life of the land must live forever and longer

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL(A F#m D E x4)

A         F#m       D     E
Another 'ohana must move away
A          F#m                      D       E
For better prices and lifestyle, or so they say
A          F#m         D     E
Where have all of our people gone?
A            F#m             D         E
One day they will return and sing this song

CHORUS(REPEAT AND FADE)