Rockland Ukulele Orchestra
The Lava Song
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D DU UDU
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The Lava Song
By James Ford Murphy
Arranged by Autumn Hill, Rockland Ukulele Orchestra
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INTRO
C / / / C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
F / / / F / / / C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
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VERSE 1
C / / / C / / /
A long, long time ago
G7 / / / G7 / / /
There was a volcano
F / / / F / / /
Living all a-lone in the
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
Middle of the sea
C / / / C / / /
He sat high a-bove his bay
G7 / / / G7 / / /
Watching all the couples play
F / / / F / / /
And wishing that
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
He had someone too
C / / / / C / / /
And from his lava came this
G7 / / / G7 / /
Song of hope that he sang
/ F / / / F / / /
Out loud every day
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
For years and years
CHORUS
F / / / F / / /
I have a dream
C / / / C / / /
I hope will come true, that
G7 / / / G7 / / /
You’re here with me
C / / / C7 / / /
And I’m here with you
F / / / F / / /
I wish that the earth, sea, and the
C / / / C / / /
Sky up above
F / / / G7 / / / C / / /
Would send me someone to lava
C / / / C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
VERSE 2
C / / / C / / /
Years of singing all alone
G7 / / / G7 / / /
Turned his lava into stone
F / / / F / / /
Until he was on
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
The brink of extinction
C / / / C / / /
But little did he know
G7 / / / G7 / / /
That living in the sea below
F / / / F / / /
Another volcano
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
Was listening to his song
C / / / C / / /
Now she was so ready
G7 / / / G7 / / /
To meet him above the sea
F / / / F / / /
As he sang his song of hope
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
For the last time
CHORUS
F / / / F / / /
I have a dream
C / / / C / / /
I hope will come true, that
G / / / G / / /
You’re here with me
C / / / C7 / / /
And I’m here with you
F / / / F / / /
I wish that the earth, sea, and the
C / / / C / / /
Sky up above
F / / / G7 / / / C / / /
Would send me someone to lava
C / / / C / / /
VERSE 3
C / / / C / / /
Rising from the sea below
G7 / / / G7 / / /
Stood a lovely volcano
F / / / F / / /
Looking all around but
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
She could not see him
C / / / C / / /
He tried to sing to let her know that
G7 / / / G7 / / /
She was not there alone but
F / / / F / / /
With no lava his
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
Song was all gone
C / / / C / / /
He filled the sea with his tears
G7 / / / G7 / / /
And watched his dreams disappear
F / / / F / / /
As she remembered what
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
His song meant to her
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CHORUS
F / / / F / / /
I have a dream
C / / / C / / /
I hope will come true, that
G7 / / / G7 / / /
You’re here with me
C / / / (C7) / / /
And I’m here with you
F / / / F / / /
I wish that the earth, sea, and the
C / / / C / / /
Sky up above
F / / / G7 / / / C / / /
Would send me someone to lava
C / / / C / / /
VERSE 4
C / / / C / / /
Oh they were so happy
G7 / / / G7 / / /
To finally meet above the sea
F / / / F / / /
All together now,
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
Their lava grew and grew
C / / / C / / /
No longer are they all alone
G7 / / / G7 / / /
With aloha as their new home
F / / / F / / /
And when you visit them
C / / / G7 / / / G7 / / /
This is what they sing
CHORUS
F / / / F / / /
I have a dream
C / / / C / / /
I hope will come true, that
G7 / / / G7 / / /
You’ll grow old with me
C / / / C7 / / /
And I’ll grow old with you
F / / / F / / /
We thank the earth, sea, and the
C / / / C / / /
Sky, we thank too!
F / / / G7 / / / C / / / C / / /
I lava you,
F / / / G7 / / / C / / / C / / /
I lava you,
F / / / G7 / / / C ~~~
I lava you!