Biography:
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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Other songs:
- All I Need
- Breathe In Breathe Out
- Chrashing Down
- Down
- Hey Mama
- Nothing Left To Lose
- Renaissance
- Runaway (soul Surfer)
- Ships In The Night
- Sooner Or Later
- Undeniable
- Where Do We Go From Here
- Where We Gonna Go From Here
- Won't Back Down
- Closer To Love
- Air I Breathe
- All I Have
- Annie
- Atlantic City
- Billion
- Bullet
- Cant Break Her Fall
- Chasing The Light
- Chicago Acoustic
- City Of Black And White
- Coming Home Oregon
- Count On Me
- Crashing Down
- Dancing In The Darkcover
- Dont Cry For Me
- Edge Of The World
- Everyone I Know
- Face To Face
- Fire And Rain
- Ghost
- Girl America
- Goodnight Elizabeth
- Head Or Your Heart
- Heartbeat
- Here We Go
- In The Middle
- Just Kids
- Kings And Queens
- Learning To Love Again
- Let It Rain
- Lifeline
- Money
- Moving On
- Never Be Ready
- New York To California
- On And On
- One Black Sheep
- Rochester
- Runaway
- Runaway Car
- Seventeen
- Shasta
- She Got The Honey
- Straight Away
- The Conversation
- Two Hearts
- Wait
- What She Wants
- Whats A Boy To Do
- Wont Back Down
- Young Dumb And In Love
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GHOST - Mat Kearney
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Tabbed by: Chris Barborka
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard (capo 1st fret)
My first tab, inspired by a great song/great musician. Hope you enjoy!
CHORDS USED
(G) (C) (Em) (D)
e|----3----0----0----2----|
B|----0----1----0----3----|
G|----0----0----0----2----|
D|----0----2----2----0----|
A|----2----3----2----0----|
E|----3----0----0----0----|
VERSE 1
G C Em
You took the best of me (best of me)
G C Em
And I'll never know
G C Em
I'm left with the rest of me (rest of me)
G C Em
& I can't let go
PRE-CHORUS
C D
I'm waiting for a train that's not coming
C D
It's like a waterfall in my head
CHORUS
C
Oh won't you tell me why
Em
I keep waiting up at night,
G
Leaving on the lights
D
Like you never said goodbye
C
I hear you at the door,
Em
Footsteps on the floor,
G
But you're not here no more
D
What hurts the most
C Em
Is sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
G D
Sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
VERSE 2
G C Em
I still feel you holding me (holding me)
G C Em
All the world is gone
G C Em
I still hear you calling me (calling me)
G C Em
But I don't belong
PRE-CHORUS
C D
How do you take the knife from your heart
C D
When every beat still hurts the same
CHORUS
C
Oh won't you tell me why
Em
I keep waiting up at night,
G
Leaving on the lights
D
Like you never said goodbye
C
I hear you at the door,
Em
Footsteps on the floor,
G
But you're not here no more
D
What hurts the most
C Em
Is sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
G D
Sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
VERSE 3
C
When we had a baby girl I was scared to death
Em
And the doctor said "Doll, you ready to push?"
G
Drove home like we stole the sun.
D
Those kind of memories don't fade, don't run,
C
They stuck to the back of my mind,
G
I hear you blowing in the trees at night,
D
I'm still sleeping on my own side.
C
Yeah, they said you'd never be prepared for the worst ones,
Em
you took your bow, they dropped the curtains,
G
there's no encore, just me on the floor,
Waiting here for more.
CHORUS
C
Oh won't you tell me why
Em
I keep waiting up at night,
G
Leaving on the lights
D
Like you never said goodbye?
C
I hear you at the door,
Em
Footsteps on the floor,
G
But you're not here no more
D
What hurts the most
C Em
Is sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
G D
Sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
Sleeping with your ghost [x4]
GHOST - Mat Kearney
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Tabbed by: Chris Barborka
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard (capo 1st fret)
My first tab, inspired by a great song/great musician. Hope you enjoy!
CHORDS USED
(G) (C) (Em) (D)
e|----3----0----0----2----|
B|----0----1----0----3----|
G|----0----0----0----2----|
D|----0----2----2----0----|
A|----2----3----2----0----|
E|----3----0----0----0----|
VERSE 1
G C Em
You took the best of me (best of me)
G C Em
And I'll never know
G C Em
I'm left with the rest of me (rest of me)
G C Em
& I can't let go
PRE-CHORUS
C D
I'm waiting for a train that's not coming
C D
It's like a waterfall in my head
CHORUS
C
Oh won't you tell me why
Em
I keep waiting up at night,
G
Leaving on the lights
D
Like you never said goodbye
C
I hear you at the door,
Em
Footsteps on the floor,
G
But you're not here no more
D
What hurts the most
C Em
Is sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
G D
Sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
VERSE 2
G C Em
I still feel you holding me (holding me)
G C Em
All the world is gone
G C Em
I still hear you calling me (calling me)
G C Em
But I don't belong
PRE-CHORUS
C D
How do you take the knife from your heart
C D
When every beat still hurts the same
CHORUS
C
Oh won't you tell me why
Em
I keep waiting up at night,
G
Leaving on the lights
D
Like you never said goodbye
C
I hear you at the door,
Em
Footsteps on the floor,
G
But you're not here no more
D
What hurts the most
C Em
Is sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
G D
Sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
VERSE 3
C
When we had a baby girl I was scared to death
Em
And the doctor said "Doll, you ready to push?"
G
Drove home like we stole the sun.
D
Those kind of memories don't fade, don't run,
C
They stuck to the back of my mind,
G
I hear you blowing in the trees at night,
D
I'm still sleeping on my own side.
C
Yeah, they said you'd never be prepared for the worst ones,
Em
you took your bow, they dropped the curtains,
G
there's no encore, just me on the floor,
Waiting here for more.
CHORUS
C
Oh won't you tell me why
Em
I keep waiting up at night,
G
Leaving on the lights
D
Like you never said goodbye?
C
I hear you at the door,
Em
Footsteps on the floor,
G
But you're not here no more
D
What hurts the most
C Em
Is sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
G D
Sleeping with your ghost (ohh-oh-oh-oh-ohh)
Sleeping with your ghost [x4]
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