Hey You tab by The Thermals

Artist: The Thermals
Song: Hey You
Album: We Disappear

the live intro/riff sounds a little different, because live, they play it with a B
shape chord when they slide so and it adds a little extra ring to the B string that can
sound a bit shrilly and off, but still correct.
Regardless of how you choose to play it, I find it easier to play c and D power chords
when sliding and
throughout the song in general, and also because it sounds more like the record.
One thing that is played with the B chord shape is the last c in the Pre-chorus, which I
will mark with a
star. This extra note is to create contrast from the other c in the Pre-chorus, and it
sounds better when you build it up to the chorus.

chords:
{355xxx} G5
{x355xx} C
{x577xx} D
{x5777x} D*

[Intro]

G5  C  D G5 D C x4


[Verse]

               D                G5
spook in the back, bug in my head?
              C             C
the suit a prop, probably dead?
            D                 G5
now on the run, deep in the blame?
          C                  C
i had a code, i didn’t need a name


[Pre-chorus]

         D                    C
now the only hand left i can see?
               G5                          C
is pointing straight, straight to the grave
?                     D*
that is calling for me,
                            G5  C  D G5 D C
yeah that calling for me!


[chorus]


G5  C  D G5 D C        G5  C  D G5 D C
                  hey you!
G5  C  D G5 D C        G5  C  D G5 D C
                 hey you!

[Verse]

             D                G5
dog on the hunt, close to me now
?               C                  C
picked up my scent, i don’t know how?
                D              G5
the charge is fake, born in a box?
          C                 C
siren a decoy, loud and lost


[Pre-chorus]

          D                     C
now the only sound left i can hear?
         G5                       C
is the sound buried deep in the ground?
                    D*
that is calling me near?
                            G5  C  D G5 D C
yeah it’s calling me near


[chorus]

G5  C  D G5 D C           G5  C  D G5 D C
                   hey you
G5  C  D G5 D C           G5  C  D G5 D C
                   Hey you


[Verse]

                D              C
now the only hand left i can see
               G5             C                D*
holds the coldest, oldest truth i didn’t wanna believe
                         G5  C  D G5 D C?
oh i didn’t wanna believe


[Outro]

G5  C  D G5 D C         G5  C  D G5 D C
                 Hey you
G5  C  D G5 D C         G5  C  D G5 D C?
                 Hey you
G5  C  D G5 D C?         G5  C  D G5 D C?
                 Hey you
G5  C  D G5 D C?         G5  C  D G5 D C?
                 Hey you
G5  C  D G5 D C
                 Hey you