------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEY YA - Obadiah Parker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 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 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 chords again. Chords Used: C F Cmaj9 Am7 (I'm aware that these may not be the correct names, but 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 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