{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1051581,"song":"Hey Mama","artist":"Mat Kearney","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11232585-hey-mama-chords-by-mat-kearney/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1051581?type=chord","rating":4.84225,"votes":17,"content":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard, Capo on 1st Fret\r\n\r\nChords Used in this Song:\r\n\r\n ---------------------\r\n|  [ch]E[/ch]         (022100) |\r\n|  [ch]Asus2[/ch]     (x02200) |\r\n|  [ch]C#m7[/ch]      (x46600) |\r\n[tab]|  [ch]A[/ch]         (x02220) |\r\n|                     |[/tab]\r\n ---------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n1.) I have received personal verification from Mat Kearney himself regarding these chords.  \r\nA screenshot of the conversation can be found at this link:  \r\n\r\n\r\n     and play the strings open a lot between each chord.\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nd = down strum\r\nu = up strum\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|\r\nB|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|\r\nG|---0-0-0---1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---1-------------------|\r\nD|-----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|\r\nA|-----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|\r\nE|-----0-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----0-------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nOr Mat will SOMETIMES play an A chord in place of the open strings when transitioning \r\ninto the E, like this:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|\r\nB|---2-2-2---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---0-------------------|\r\nG|---2-2-2---1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---1-------------------|\r\nD|-----2-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----2-----2-------------------|\r\nA|-----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|\r\nE|-----X-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----x-----0-------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nSometimes there is longer muted strumming.  This will just get you started and \r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   She don't know what she wants to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   With all the pictures in the magazines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Holding hands when she's mad at me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   'cause she don't wanna go, don't wanna go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   \r\n   I met her at Anthropologie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   \r\n   Her purple boots and her golden dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   \r\n   Standing there like a Tennessee queen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Singing don't look at me, don't look at me[/tab]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nPrechorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsinging oh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Asus2[/ch] \r\nwon't you help me sing this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging ee ee ee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nShe don't ever want to go to sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging hey mama, don't want no drama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nJust a kiss before I leave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Hey lady, don't say maybe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nYou're the one that I can believe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n   Hey lover, don't want no other[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nfinger for my ring[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Hey mama, hey hey mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n   Hey mama, hey hey mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Hey mama, hey hey mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n   Hey mama, hey hey mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nPostchorus 1: (mute strings while strumming and play E chord throughout)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nVerse 2: (Same as verse 1)\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nPrechorus 2: (Same as Prechorus 1)\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nChorus 2: (Same as chorus 1)\r\n\r\nHey lady, don't say maybe\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nVerse 3: In this verse he starts off playing open strings into an E\r\nalternate back and forth between the E and A chord \r\n\r\n[tab]     u d u   d  d  u  d  d  u  d  d  u  u d u   d \r\ne|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|\r\nB|---0-0-0---2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---0-------------------|\r\nG|---1-1-1---2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---1-------------------|\r\nD|-----2-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----2-----2-------------------|\r\nA|-----2-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|\r\nE|-----0-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----x-----0-------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n        Couldn't be more opposite[/tab]\r\n    \r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n        I'm hard to please and you're hard to get[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]    \r\n        You're Mississippi and I'm Oregon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    \r\n        You're sun tanned and I'm porcelain, singin'..[/tab]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nChorus (Same)\r\n\r\nHey lady, don't say maybe\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nEND on E","plain_text":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTuning: Standard, Capo on 1st Fret\n\nChords Used in this Song:\n\n ---------------------\n|  E         (022100) |\n|  Asus2     (x02200) |\n|  C#m7      (x46600) |\n\n ---------------------\n\n\n1.) I have received personal verification from Mat Kearney himself regarding these chords.  \nA screenshot of the conversation can be found at this link:  \n\n\n     and play the strings open a lot between each chord.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nd = down strum\nu = up strum\n\n\n\nOr Mat will SOMETIMES play an A chord in place of the open strings when transitioning \ninto the E, like this:\n\n\n\nSometimes there is longer muted strumming.  This will just get you started and \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nPrechorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nPostchorus 1: (mute strings while strumming and play E chord throughout)\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nVerse 2: (Same as verse 1)\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nPrechorus 2: (Same as Prechorus 1)\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nChorus 2: (Same as chorus 1)\n\nHey lady, don't say maybe\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nVerse 3: In this verse he starts off playing open strings into an E\nalternate back and forth between the E and A chord \n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nChorus (Same)\n\nHey lady, don't say maybe\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nEND on E","chords":["E","Asus2","C#m7","A","B","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}