Intro:  D     D G A  A G D  (repeat)

D         G  A
IA ORA TE NA-TURA                 
  A   G D         G  A
E MEA A-ROF  TEIE AO NEI
D         G  A
IA ORA TE NA-TURA
  A   G D         G  A
E MEA A-ROF  TEIE AO NEI

  D                      C
I know I don't get there often enough
       D               C
But God knows I surely try
       D             C
It's a magic kind of medicine
        G       F     D
That no doctor  could prescribe

          D                    C
I used to rule my world from a pay phone
    D                C
And ships out on the sea
        D
But now times are rough
         C
And I got too much stuff
       G           F           D
Can't explain  the likes   of me

Chorus:
      D               G   A          D
     But there's this one particular harbor
        G       A      D
     So far but yet so near
             G       A            D    G
     Where I see the days as they fade away
         G         A    D
     And finally   disappear
                                    A
          But now I think about the good times
                                D
          Down in the Caribbean sunshine
                                   A
          In my younger days I was so bad
                                 G   A  D
          Laughin' about all the fun we had
                                       A
          I've seen enough to feel the world spin
                                          D
          Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins
                                         A
          Listen to the drummers and the night sounds
                                         G     A  D
          Listen to the singers make the world go round

(G  O [repeats chorus chords])
A           D
IA ORA TE NATURA
      A             D
E MEA AROF  TEIE AO NEI
A         D
IA ORA TE NATURA
      A             D
E MEA AROF  TEIE AO NEI

D               C
Lakes below the mountains
D               C
Flow into the sea
     D               C
Like oils applied to canvas
 G    F       D
They permeate through me

      D          G   A          D
And there's that one particular harbor
      G    A      D
Sheltered from the wind
          G       A            D    G
Where the children play on the shore each day
     G       A      D
And all are safe within

D      G          A          D
A most mysterious calling harbor
   G       A      D
So far but yet so near
        G       A            D          G
Where I see the day when my hair's full gray
     G       A      D
And I finally disappear

A           D
IA ORA TE NATURA               [translation:]
      A             D
E MEA AROF  TEIE AO NEI            NATUD  LIVES (LIFE TO NATUD )
A         D
IA ORA TE NATURA                   HAVE PITY FOR THE EARTH
D      A            D
E MEA AROF  TEIE AO NEI            (LOVE THE EARTH)