Manoa - Lisa Ono

Updated: 2020-10-16

Album: Bossa Hula Nova Bossa Hula Nova album cover
Song: Manoa
Artist: Lisa Ono
Links: YouTube

Lisa Ono, Manoa chord voicings, lyrics (cifras e letras), and translation. Arranged for solo performance.

Heads up: this song has lots of variant voicings, I tried my best to catch them all.

Chords

Amaj7 A7 A6 Fmaj7/A Fmaj7b5/A
Amaj7 A7 A6 Fmaj7/A Fmaj7b5/A
Amaj7 Bm7 C#m7 C#m7+5 Tempo passa, e meu pensamento voa
F#7 B9 nos braços de quem me quer,
E7 Amaj7 Fmaj7/A Fmaj7b5/A me ver sorrindo à toa Vem a sau-
Amaj7 Bm7 C#m7 C#m7+5 -dade despertar meu coração
F#7 B9 Por isso eu fiz pra ti,
E7 Amaj7 A13 A7b13 Havaí, esta canção
Dmaj9 Dm6 Amaj7 A7 Kaimana, Kailua, Waikiki, Manoa
Dmaj7 G9 Com vento, com sol,
Amaj7 A7 com chuva e garoa
Dmaj9 G#dim C#9 Se você me ver sorrindo
F#6/9 à toa
F#m7 B7b9b13 E6/9 Emaj7 é porque estou numa boa
Bm7 Bm6 Amaj7 por viver no Havaí
D9 Amaj7 D9 Amaj7 O meu cenário é Manoa
Bm7 C#m7 C#m7+5 E meu pensamento voa [...]

Translation

Time passes, and my thoughts fly
into the arms of those who want me,
to see me smiling for no reason
Longingness comes to awaken my heart
That's why I made for you, Hawaii, this song
Kaimana, Kailua, Waikiki, Manoa
With wind, with sun, with rain and drizzle
If you see me smiling for no reason,
it's because I'm good living in Hawaii
My setting is Manoa
And my thoughts fly [...]

Footnotes

I relied heavily on two videos during the transcription process: This video from Artie was really useful when picking out the lyrics! And when figuring out the chords, this video from 林益 was a great starting reference.

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This is a by-ear guitar transcription of Manoa as interpreted by Lisa Ono. There are quite possibly some mistakes in the chords or lyrics, but I tried my best! If you spot a fix or found this helpful, let me know :)

Thanks / Obrigado, and happy playing.