Lava (from the Pixar short movie Lava)
by James Ford Murphy (2014)
“uku and “lele”
Strum: 1 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro: C . . . | . . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |F . . . | . . . . |C . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
C . . . | . . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
A long, long time a-go,---------- there was a vol-ca-no,----
F . . . | . . . . |C . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
----------- living all a-lone in the middle of the se--e--e--ea -------------
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He sat hi-igh a-bove his ba-ay, wa-tching all the couples pla-ay,
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------------- and wish-ing tha-at he had some-one to--o--o--o ---------------
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----And from his la-va ca-ame this song of hope that he-e sang out
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Lo--o--o--oud ever-y da--ay for years and ye--e--e--ears -------------
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Chorus: I have a dre--e--eam I ho-ope will come tru-u--ue,
|G7 . . . | . . . . |C . . . | . . . .
that you’-re here with me--e--e and I-I’m here with yo-o--ou
|F . . . | . . . . |C . . . | . . .
I wi-ish that the ear-rth, sea, the sky-y up a--bo-ove- a
. |F . . . |G7 . . . |C . . . | . . . . |
will se-e-end me some-o-one to la----va.------------------
(play softly and slowly): F . . . | . . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . | C . . . | . . . . |
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C . . . | . . . . |G7 . . . | . . .
Years of sing-ing all a---lo-one, turned his la-va into stone
. |F . . . | . . . . |C . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
un-ti--i--il he was on the brink of ex-- tinc- tion -------------------------
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But lit-tle did he know that liv-ing in the sea be-low
. |F . . . | . . . . |C . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
a--noth-er vol-can-o was listen-ing to his so--o--o--ong --------------
C . . . | . . . . |G7 . . . | . . .
Every day she heard his tu-une, her-r la--va grew and grew
. |F . . . | . . . . |C . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
be-ca-a-a-ause she be---lieved his song was meant for her-r---r--r ----------------
C . . . | . . . . |G7 . . . | . . .
Now she was so rea-dy to me-eet hi-im a-bove the sea
. |F . . . | . . . . |C . . . |G7 . . . | . . . . |
as he sa-ang his song of hope fo-or the last ti----i-----i-----ime ----- (slow down tempo) ----------
