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
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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GHOST - Mat Kearney
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Tabbed by: Chris Barborka
E-mail: czechsmix86@gmail.com
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: czechsmix86@gmail.com
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]
