¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
This song was a real favourite when I was at primary school in the early 1990's. I believe it was written for the sesquois celebrations in 1990 and some of the lyrics were penned by the late Sir Peter Blake. The song has always eluded me but recently found a copy on one of those 'Warehouse' bargain bin CD's of New Zealand songs. I hope someone else enjoys this as much as I do - it's a challenging vocal and there's a mean as Haka to boot on the end!I'm planning on cracking out with my classroom kids at school to see if they dig it too! feel free to e-mail: [email protected]
Intro: GDsus/GDsus/CEm7D/F#GC9D
VERSE 1: GDsus4/GDsus4/CEm9 The city streets beneath your feet can make you tough. DC9GC9D I’d fought for fame, but when it came too much was never enough. GDsus/GDsus/CEm7 But in my mind once in a while I’d find a place to be DC9GC9D Where air is pure and water’s fresh, and people are your family.
PRE-CHORUS: Em7D/F#GAm It took some time to figure out I’d gone off the track GC9D but somewhere in a dream I heard a voice calling me back
CHORUS: GDsus4/GDsus4/CGG/F# To New Zealand Kainga Tuturu Em7DC9Dsus/CDsus/BDsus/A It’s the part of me that no-one else can own.
GDsus/GDsus/CGG/F# New Zealand deep down in my heart Em7DC9 It can call to me just like a childhood song Dsus/CDsus/BDsus/AG That’s where I be - long
VERSE 2: GDsus4/GDsus4/CEm9 You’ve got to go away from home to find out what home means DC9GC9D Those tinsel towns the world around were really not a part of me GDsus4/GDsus4/CEm9 I made some friends, but in the end they didn’t sing my song DC9GC9D I felt the hand of my own land, the land that made me strong.
PRE-CHORUS 2: Em7D/F#GAm Around the world I looked for it but I don’t know why GC9D It was here all along, it makes you know what money can’t buy
CHORUS: GDsus/GDsus/CGG/F# New Zealand Kainga Tuturu Em7DC9Dsus/CDsus/BDsus/A It’s the part of me that no-one else can own. GDsus/GDsus/CGG/F# New Zealand deep down in my heart Em7DC9Dsus/CDsus/BDsus/A It can call to me, the land that I call home
(KEY CHANGE with HAKA - performed simultaneously with lyrics x 4)
AA5Asus4AA/G# New Zealand, Kainga Tuturu F#mEDD/C#D/B It’s the part of me that no-one else can own AA5Asus4AA/G# New Zealand, first place in the sun F#mEDD/C#D/B New Zealand, it’s my country, it’s my home.
Outro: C#5A5F#mD C#m5 B5A5
NGA HAKA KUPU: Ko Aotearoa, taku Kainga Tuturu Tu Hikitea te iwi, Hoki mai ra Ko Aotearoa, taku Kainga Tuturu Hoki mai ra, hoki mai ra