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Hey Me Hey Mama chords by Ray Lamontagne

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Ray Lamontagne - Hey Me Hey Mama
This tab adds the Chord diagramC7C7 transition to the Chord diagramFF that can be heard on every video on youtube but is missing from
other tabs I've referenced while learning this song myself. Hope you all enjoy it, check out this video if
want to hear the magic way that Ray does it.

studio version: https://youtu.be/RsdyWG_VmXw
live version:   https://youtu.be/zHK9VpQoH-s
contributed by: scottLaRocker
tuning:         standard

chord forms:

e|--1-------1--------3--------3--------0--------0------|
Chord diagramBB|--1-------1--------3--------3--------1--------1------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2-------2--------4--------4--------0--------3------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--3-------1--------5--------3--------2--------2------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3-------3--------5--------5--------3--------3------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-t1-------1-------t1--------3--------x--------x------|
    Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramF7F7       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramC7C7

t = thumb (watch Ray do it)

Each line of the verse is 2 measures of 4/4 for each line of the phrase, strummed with some swing to it.

You can play around with switching between Chord diagramFF to Chord diagramF7F7 and Chord diagramG+G to Chord diagramG7G7 during the verses. Also, work in
some 4th, 5th and 6th string hammer-on's to magnify the folky blues of the prevailing 7th chord
nature of this song.

For example (and don't forget to add some swing to your strumming here):
  m = muted strum (use right hand to subtly mute the strings just to the left of the
      bridge on the up-strokes, or just play the up-stroke really lightly)
  d = down strum
  u = up strum

    1      &    2      &    3      &    4      &    |   1      &    2      &    3      &    4      &
    d      u    d      u    d      u    d      u    |   d          fp     fp   fp     fp   fp     fp
e|--1------1m---1------1m---1------1m---1------1m---|---1----------(1)----(1)-fp3-----p1---(1)----(1)---|
Chord diagramBB|--1------1m---1------1m---1------1m---1------1m---|---1----------(1)---fp1---(1)----(1)-fp3-----p1----|
Chord diagramG+G|--2------2m---2------2m---2------2m---2------2m---|---2------fp1-h2-----(2)--(2)----(2)--(2)----(2)---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--3------3m---3------3m---3------3m---3------3m---|---3----------p1-----(1)--(1)----(1)--(1)----(1)---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3------3m---3------3m---3------3m---3------3m---|---3----------(3)----(3)--(3)----(3)--(3)----(3)---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--1------1m---1------1m---1------1m---1------1m---|---1-----------1-----(1)---1-----(1)---1-----(1)---|
    Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramF7F7          Chord diagramF7F7          Chord diagramF7F7

  h = hammer on
  p = pull off
 fp = finger pick the note
(#) = keep holding the finger down from previous chord to let it ring while hammering transition notes


Verse I
Chord diagramFF
Papa's in the kitchen,
Chord diagramG+G
Mama's in the field
           Chord diagramC majorC
There's a murder in the henhouse
               Chord diagramC7C7       Chord diagramFF
Mud flung high upon the wheels

Verse II
     Chord diagramFF
Ol' rooster in the dooryard
           Chord diagramG+G
He's just leanin' on the horn
         Chord diagramC majorC
With the wind so sweetly driftin'
            Chord diagramC7C7       Chord diagramFF
Through the ripening corn

Chorus
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC
Where you been for so long, for so long?
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramC7C7          Chord diagramFF
Where you been, where you, been for so long?

Verse III
Chord diagramFF
There's something outrageous
Chord diagramG+G
'Bout that evening sky
          Chord diagramC majorC
Just this side of dangerous
     Chord diagramC7C7           Chord diagramFF
That look in your eye

Verse IV
Chord diagramFF
I always knew that you were crazy
       Chord diagramG+G
Always knew you could be cruel
                  Chord diagramC majorC
Still, I would do just about anything
       Chord diagramC7C7        Chord diagramFF
In the world for you

Chorus
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC
Where you been for so long, for so long?
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramC7C7          Chord diagramFF
Where you been, where you, been for so long?

Verse V
Chord diagramFF
You left me standin' in the corner
        Chord diagramG+G
With my head so hangin' down
             Chord diagramC majorC
Punch-drunk, busted up and reelin'
       Chord diagramC7C7    Chord diagramFF
Like a rodeo clown

Verse VI
    Chord diagramFF
You always seem to hit me
       Chord diagramG+G
Like a lightnin' from above
               Chord diagramC majorC
I guess I just wasn't ready for
       Chord diagramC7C7           Chord diagramFF
Such a heavy-handed love.

Chorus
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC
Where you been for so long, for so long?
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramC7C7          Chord diagramFF
Where you been, where you, been for so long?

Chorus
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC
Where you been for so long, for so long?
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramC7C7          Chord diagramFF
Where you been, where you, been for so long?

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