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The "rangi" of this waiata is "Something Stupid"

F F6 Fmaj7 F I know I stand in line until you think you have the time to spend the Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9 evening with me Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 And if we go someplace to dance, I know that there's a chance you won't be Fmaj7 F6 Fmaj7 F6 leaving with me F7 Cm7 F7 Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place and have a Bb Bb6 Bbmaj7 Bb6 drink or two C7 Gm7 C7 C7/F F And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like "I love you" F7 Cm7 F7 I can see it in your eyes you still despise the same old lies you heard the Bb Bb6 Bbmaj7 Bb6 night before G7 Dm7 G7 And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true and never felt so C7 right before...

Pania Papa, M.Soc.Sci

- Ngati Koroki-Kahukura, Raukawa

- Maori Language & Education Consultant.

- former lecturer in Maori Studies at Waikato University.

- leader of the Rangimarie senior kapa haka group at Hamilton.

- co-author of a compilation of the oral history of Ngati
Koroki-Kahukura, He Kete Waiata A Basket of Songs

- director of the kapa haka, "Whale Rider On Stage."

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