Mat Kearney (pronounced CARN-ee; born 1 December 1978 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, TN, originally from Eugene, Oregon. His music has an acoustic base fused with hip hop. He is signed to Aware/Columbia Records. In addition to singing, he also plays guitar, piano and harmonica. Following his first EP release (in 2002), so far he has a total of five top-20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart. The Hey Mama Songfacts
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Note: If you do not want to read through this entire tab, I can tell you right now that the same chord progression is used throughout the entire song (Except the Bridge).
EmCG5D/F#
Bridge Chord progression if you do not want to read through:
C Dadd2/4 CD/F#C Dadd2/4 CD/F#
I typed up the information below for those who are having trouble finding the chord changes.
CG5D/F# Broke a yawn, as a I stepped through the fog, like I stepped to a song
EmC A moment like a poem, you wish you could hold it
G5D/F# I shut my eyes like it's frozen, it's gone when I open
EmC It slipped passed the clouds right there where it lingered
G5D/F# Like your band and a girl could slip through your fingers
EmC My feet hit the ground like a beat for the lonely
G5D/F# On a path beaten down by the crowds in the morning
Em If only I could touch past the phony
CG5 If only they were there now to hold me
D/F# As the questions keep droning
*Note: Use some palm muting techniques between each chord strike for it to sound like the album version. For the live version, you can play the strings open in between chords.
It's undeniable how brilliant you are In an unreliable world you shine like a star It's unforgettable now that we've come this far It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
It's my last year here My first class moved to portable 'a' Under construction since summer And it's cold today I can see my breath, and what's left of the west parking lot And all the spaces that we fought And it all seems forgotten, left in the bottom In past piles of rubble, in puddles of rain water That hurt last night when I left like that When I won't come back Speaking my peace to the past I can't help but wonder, who is this wind at my back A whisper to walk on, come on from all that
You're the only one who stuck it out this time The only other one who caught the other line You're the only one when this world collides The one that I can't deny
It's undeniable how brilliant you are In an unreliable world you shine like a star It's unforgettable now that we've come this far It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
It's undeniable how brilliant you are In an unreliable world you shine like a star It's unforgettable now that we've come this far It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
It's undeniable how brilliant you are In an unreliable world you shine like a star It's unforgettable now that we've come this far It's unmistakable that you're undeniable