Hilo, My Home Town
C
Come along, join the throng
Visit my aloha land
G7
Take a train, or a plane
Travel anyway you can.
C
C7
See the smiling faces
C
C7
Of the many races
F
Fmaj
You’ll be smiling, too.
D7
You will learn to linger,
Learn to do the hula
G7
And make some whoopie, too.
C
Start the day, wear a lei
And a colored mu‘umu‘u
G7
Hear the crowd sing aloud
Aloha nui to you.
F
Fm
For there’s no place on earth
C
A7
Where friends prove their worth
D7
G7
C
C
B - Bb - A7
Than in Hilo, my home town, Hilo by the bay,
D7
G7
C
C
B - Bb - A7
That’s Hilo, my home town, there’s no other way
D7
G7
C
Than in Hilo, my home town. (X2)
Key: C
11-1999 MC, Rev 3-2000