• Song:

    Hey Ya

  • Artist:

    Matt Weddle

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			     HEY YA - Obadiah Parker
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Tabbed by: BoomerB04
Email: sburmeister@wisc.edu

Tuning: Standard: CAPO 4

Here's a link to a video of me playing
it when I first tabbed it out... this is before
I added the hammer-ons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4_tPIWCyK0

This is my first tab. I know it's not 100% correct,
but I know it sounds pretty good. So please don't send
me a bunch of e-mails telling me it's not right because
I'm aware of that. It's a pretty simple song in terms of
the chords. Singing the rhythm correctly with the rhythm
can be a little trickier for some.

The same 4 chords repeat throughout the song. There is one
place where it changes a bit... which is where he says
"Then what makes love the exception"... you repeat the
3rd and 4th chords again.


Chords Used: C  F  Cmaj9  Am7 (I'm aware that these may not be
the correct names, but for the sake of simplicity this is what
I'll call them)

    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Am7e|--3-------3-------3-------3---| (x02010@1)B|--1-------1-------1-------1---|
G|--0-------2-------0-------2---|
D|--2-------3-------0-------2---|
A|--3-------0-------2-------0---|
E|--x-------x-------3-------x---|

If you want to throw some hammer-ons in, the tab looks like this:
(I spaced the rhythm out a little bit to show the chord changes)

   C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)                         Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)  Am7e|-3--3-3--333---3---3-3--333---3---3-3--333---3--33---3--33--333---3---33--333-| (x02010@1)B|-1--1-1--111---1---1-1--111---1---1-1--111---1--11---1--11--111---1---11--111-|
G|-0--0-0--000---0h2-2-2--222---0h2-2-2--222---0--00---2--22--222---2---22--222-|
D|-2--2-2--222---3---3-3--333---3---3-3--333---0--00---2--33--222---0h2-22------|
A|-3--3-3--333---0---0-0--000---0---0-0--000---2--23---0--00--000---0---00--000-|
E|-x--x-x--xxx---x---x-x--xxx---x---x-x--xxx---3--33---x--xx--xxx---x---xx--xxx-|
        ^  ^ ^         ^  ^ ^         ^  ^ ^       ^       ^  ^ ^        ^  ^ ^


The rhythm for the "Shake it part" goes like this:

   C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)                         Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)  Am7e|-33--x-x--xxx---33--x-x--xxx---33--x-x--xxx---3--x-x--3--x-x--xxx----------| (x02010@1)B|-11--x-x--xxx---11--x-x--xxx---11--x-x--xxx---1--x-x--1--x-x--xxx----------|
G|-00--x-x--xxx---22--x-x--xxx---22--x-x--xxx---0--x-x--2--x-x--xxx----------|
D|-22--x-x--xxx---33--x-x--xxx---33--x-x--xxx---0--x-x--2--x-x--xxx----------|
A|-33--x-x--xxx---00--x-x--xxx---00--x-x--xxx---2--x-x--0--x-x--xxx----------|
E|-xx--x-x--xxx---xx--x-x--xxx---xx--x-x--xxx---3--x-x--x--x-x--xxx----------|


C (x32010@1)           FMy (133211@1)baby don't mess around
            FBecause (133211@1)she loves me so
          Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)   Am7And (x02010@1)this I know for sure
C (x32010@1)          FBut (133211@1)does she really wanna
          FBut (133211@1)can't stand to see me
    Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)  Am7Walk (x02010@1)out the door
C (x32010@1)          FDon't (133211@1)try to fight the feeling
            F (133211@1)                     Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)   Am7Because (x02010@1)the thought alone is killing me right now
C (x32010@1)           FThank (133211@1)god for mom and dad
              FFor (133211@1)sticking two together
          Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)    Am7'Cause (x02010@1)we don't know how.

Chorus:
     C (x32010@1) FAnd, (133211@1)Hey Ya
Cmaj9  Am7
Hey    Ya
C (x32010@1) FHey (133211@1)Ya
Cmaj9  Am7
Hey    Ya

CYou (x32010@1)think you've got it
FOhh, (133211@1)you think you've got it
    FBut (133211@1)got it just don't get it
              Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)    Am7Till' (x02010@1)there's nothing at all.
CWe (x32010@1)get together
FOh, (133211@1)we get together
    F (133211@1)                                   Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)  Am7But (x02010@1)seperate's always better when there's feelings involved.
C (x32010@1)                 FIf (133211@1)what they say is "Nothing is forever"
     Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)          Am7Then (x02010@1)what makes, Then what makes, Then what makes, Then what makes,
Cmaj9    Am7
Love the exception?
CSo (x32010@1)why you, why you
F (133211@1)                           FWhy (133211@1)you, why you, why you are we so in denial
        Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)        Am7When (x02010@1)we know we're not happy here


Chorus:
     C (x32010@1) FAnd, (133211@1)Hey Ya
Cmaj9  Am7
Hey    Ya
C (x32010@1) FHey (133211@1)Ya
Cmaj9  Am7
Hey    Ya

C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)Alright now fellas
           Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)           Am7Now (x02010@1)what's cooler than being cool?
        C (x32010@1)      FI (133211@1)can't hear you now
F (133211@1)          Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)     Am7I (x02010@1)say what's cooler than being cool?
  C (x32010@1)            FAlright, (133211@1)alright, alright, alright
Cmaj (x32010@1)            Am7Alright, (x02010@1)alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright
       C (x32010@1)    FOk (133211@1)now ladies
             Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)                  Am7And (x02010@1)we gonna break this thing down in just a few seconds here
    C (x32010@1)           FNow (133211@1)don't have me break it down for nothing
           Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)      Am7Now (x02010@1)I wanna see y'all on y'alls baddest behavior
C (x32010@1)          FLend (133211@1)me some sugar,
Cmaj9     Am7
I am your neighbor

Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake, shake it,
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake, shake it,
Shake it like a Polaroid picture
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake, shake it,


Chorus:
     C (x32010@1) FAnd, (133211@1)Hey Ya
Cmaj9  Am7
Hey    Ya
C (x32010@1) FHey (133211@1)Ya
Cmaj9  Am7
Hey    Ya


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