Hey Ya Acoustic chords by Obadiah Parker

Chords with lyrics

Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya (Acoustic live version)
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: E MajorE major (E MajorE F#F# G#G# A augmentedA BB C#C# D#D# E MajorE) with a capo on the fourth fret,
C majorC major (C majorC D MajorD E MajorE FF G+G A augmentedA BB C majorC) without
Tempo: 76 bpm (average)


[Intro]: C majorC Fadd2  Gadd4 Am7Am7 x2

C majorC      Fadd2                      Gadd4 Am7Am7
My baby don't mess around because she loves me so, and this I know for sure
C majorC      Fadd2                    Gadd4Am7
But does she really wanna, but can't stand to see me walk out the door
C majorC        Fadd2                         Gadd4   Am7Am7
I can't stand to fight the feeling, cause the thought alone is killing me right now
C majorC      Fadd2                      Gadd4   Am7Am7
Thank god for mom and dad for sticking two together, cause we don't know how

   C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7 C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, hey ya, hey ya

C majorC          Fadd2                                Gadd4
You think you got it, oh you think you got it, but God I just don't get it, till there's nothing
 Am7Am7
at all
C majorC       Fadd2                             Gadd4     Am7Am7
We get together, oh we get together, but separate's always better, when there's feelings involved
C majorC          Fadd2            Gadd4       Am7Am7
If what they say that nothing is forever, oh then what makes, then what makes, then what makes

Then what makes, what makes love the exception
C majorC         Fadd2                       Gadd4     Am7Am7
So why, oh why oh, why oh why oh why oh, are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here

   C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7 C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
   C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7 C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya

      C majorC   Fadd2       Gadd4   Am7Am7
Alright now fellas, you're oh what's cooler than being cool
     C majorC         Fadd2       Gadd4    Am7Am7
I can't hear you, now, now, now, I say what's cooler than being cool
    C majorC      Fadd2           Gadd4 Am7Am7
And alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright now
C majorC  Fadd2           Gadd4      Am7Am7
Ladies, yeah we're gonna break it down in just a few seconds here
C majorC           Fadd2      Gadd4   Am7Am7                  C majorC Fadd2
Don't make me break it down for nothing, I wanna see you all on your alls baddest behaviour
  Gadd4 Am7Am7
Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbour

C majorC        Fadd2                       Gadd4
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
 Am7Am7
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it
 C majorC           Fadd2                      Gadd4
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
 Am7Am7                       C majorC
Shake, shake, shake it, shake it like a Polaroid Picture now
  Fadd2             Gadd4
But shake it, oh now sh, oh I said shake it up
 Am7Am7
Shake it oh now, oh now shake it up
C majorC     Fadd2            Gadd4
Oh I said shake it oh now now, oh now shake it up
   Am7Am7
And shake it up, oh now shake it up

   C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7  C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya ooh no oh
 C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7     C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7
Hey ya, hey ya ooh oh oh, hey ya, hey ya ooh oh
   C majorC Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7Am7
And hey ya, and hey ya


Chords:
C majorC    (X 3 2 0 1 3)
Fadd2  (X X 3 2 1 3)
Gadd4  (3 2 0 0 1 3)
Am7Am7   (X 0 2 0 1 3)

Clarification:
Chordname (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
X = Don't play / Muffle


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