Pili Me Ka'u Manu - The Hula Kolea

Composed By: Johnny Spencer
Performed By: IZ
Submitted By: Russo <raikeda@hotmail.com>


Facing Future #11

Intro F  Adim7/F#bass  Gm7  C7(9)

F     C7  F   F7
Kolea kai piha!              A plover eating at the edge of the sea!
  Bb  Bbm(6) F D7
I aha  mai   nei?   	  What is it saying to me?
Bb Bbm(6)  F D7  
 Kunou mai nei.              It keeps bobbing its head.
G7(9)
  E aha kakou?               To do what would you counsel?
       C(9)C7
E ai kakou. 		  Why, eat its plump body!

F     C7   F   F7
Kolea ka kolea               ?
Bb     Bbm  F D7
  No Kahiki mai              From the land of Kahiki(Tahiti)
       Bb Bbm     F D7  
  O ka hua o ke kolea,       The plover eggs laid in Kahiki.
(No ka pua)                  ? IZ’s version
G7   C7(9)F
  aia i Kahiki.
G7    C7      F    C7
 Pili me ka'u manu.          For me, I'll keep to my dove.

INSTRUMENTAL, VERSE

G7    C7      F     
 Pili me ka'u manu.  
G7                      C9      F    
 Pili me, Pili me, Pili me ka'u manu. 

*Outro G9(or Dm)    D-    F  E- F-  F   E quick slide up to F

Uke: The numbers under the chords are the frets to play on;
     The other set of numbers are which fingers to use on frets.
     0 open string; X don't play
     Add your own fill-ins/options( ). Fun song fo using 4th finga.

Intro 2X
F      | | 1 |      
2010   2 | | |                 
            (4)added fill-in             
                         
Adim7  | | | |  Notes:
A-7    1 | 3 |        A    Gb
2323   | 2 | 4          Eb    C

Gm7    0 | 1 1
0211   | 2 | |  
            (4)added fill in

C      | | | | fast to C9   | | | 1  C9 is not played at 2nd time
0003   | | | |         0201 | 2 | |  C7 will work too
       | | | 4 
          or 3rd finger
Verse
F7 2310 added 231(4), Bbm 3111, (option Bbm6 0111), G7 0212, 
(G9 0210), C7 0001, (C9 0201 or 0005)

*    G9       D-     F   E- F-   F   E/F    F 
 |   0    |   X    | 0   X  X  | X   2/3 or 8    
 |   1    |   1    | 1   3  4  | 5   4/5    5
 |   2    |   2    | 0   4  5  | 5  (4/5)   5
 |   0    |   1    | 2   3  4  | 5   X X    5
Note: 4th string, fingering moves up the board.
      I changed 4th string to an octive lower.
      Ddim has three notes D F Ab. 
      Ddim7 has four notes D F Ab Cb(B); I don’t hear a B note.

Comments/corrections most welcomed.
 

                  The Hula Kolea (The Plover Dance)

Kolea kai piha!                   A plover eating at the edge of the sea!
 I aha mai nei?                     What is it saying to me?
Kunou mai nei.                    It keeps bobbing its head.
 E aha kakou?                       To do what would you counsel?
E ai kakou.                       Why, eat its plump body!
 Nohea ka ai?                       Whence comes this sweet morsel?
No Kahiki mai.                    From the land of Kahiki.
 Hiki mai ka lani.                  When our sovereign appears,
Olina Hawaii,                     Hawai'i gathers for play.
 Mala'eal'e ke ala,                 Stumble blocks cleared from the way,
Nou e ka lani.                    Fit rule of the King’s highway.
 Puili pu ke aloha.                 Let each one embrace then his love;
Pili me ka'u manu.                For me, I'll keep to my dove.
 Ka puana a ka moe?                 Hark now, the signal for bed!
Moe oe a ho'olana.                Attentive then to loves tread,
 Ka hal'a a hiki mai;               While a wee bird sings I the soul.
O'oe pu me a'u                    My love comes heat-whole.
 Noho pu i ka wai aliali            Then quaff the waters of bliss.
Ha'ina ia ka puana                Say, what is the key to all this?
 O ka hua o ke kolea,aia i Kahiki.  The plover eggs laid in Kahiki.
Hiki mai lou aloha. Ma'ele au.    Your love. When it comes, finds me d(n)umb.

-Unwritten Literature of Hawai'i, The Sacred Songs of the Hula, Nathaniel B. Emerson

http://www.hawaiinaturecenter.org/kolea/cultures.html