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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"Runaway"- Mat Kearney
Standard tuning, no capo
INTRO-play this on the high “e” string five times.
E-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-9-9-7-7-5-5-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-7-7-5-5-4-4
F#M D2
Tonight we're letting go, under the burning glow
A E
We're too young to hold this all on our own
F#m D2
All that came and went riding them by the winds
A E
Blowing through the trees, you could feel it on her skin
F#m D2
Walking the lost streets, no one ever shares
A E
Cry yourself to sleep, waiting on a little prayer
F#m D2
Bags are by the door, hearts are on the floor
A E
There's a bottle full of tears on the dresser drawer
Pre-chorus: same chord progression here. Hold D2 for transition to chorus.
F#m D2
Nobody knows the trouble we've seen
A E
Nobody knows the price of this dream
F#m D2
And nobody knows what it took to believe, nobody.
Chorus:
A F#m D2
She wants to be free, like a runaway, hey hey hey
A F#m D2
Trying to believe, gonna find a way, hey hey hey hey
A Bm D2 E
We got just one life, tonight we're running all the lights
A Bm D2 E
Trying to break free, like a runaway hey hey hey hey hey
(play second half of intro for the transition)
E-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-7-7-5-5-4-4
Verse 2:
The road below our wheels, all that we fought to heal
You close your eyes and cry, dying for the right to feel
I hear it coming down, oh the sweetest sound
Of forgotten tears falling on the solid ground
(Pre-chorus)
(Chorus)
Bridge:
F#m D2 A
Oh, oh, oh, oh….
F#m D2 A
Oh, oh, oh, oh….
F#m D2 A F#m D2 A
We're singing "How did we get this far, riding on a shooting star? "
F#m D2 A
It's like flying on the wings of God
D2 E5 A (play E Barre chord between D2 & A)
She wants to be free
F#m D2
Like a runaway hey hey hey
A F#m D2
Trying to believe, gonna find a way hey hey hey hey
A Bm D2 E
We got just on life, tonight we're running all the lights
A Bm D2 E
Trying to break free, like a runaway hey hey hey hey hey.
Outro:
E-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-7-7-5-5-4-4-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-9-9-7-7-5-5
Here's how to play that E power chord:
E-|0
B-|0
G-|9
D-|9
A-|7
E-|0
Oh, and just a tip: Play the Bm like you would a regular barred chord, but raise
your pointer finger so the strings you would normally barre are open. It has a nicer voicing!
FINI~
Standard tuning, no capo
INTRO-play this on the high “e” string five times.
E-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-9-9-7-7-5-5-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-7-7-5-5-4-4
F#M D2
Tonight we're letting go, under the burning glow
A E
We're too young to hold this all on our own
F#m D2
All that came and went riding them by the winds
A E
Blowing through the trees, you could feel it on her skin
F#m D2
Walking the lost streets, no one ever shares
A E
Cry yourself to sleep, waiting on a little prayer
F#m D2
Bags are by the door, hearts are on the floor
A E
There's a bottle full of tears on the dresser drawer
Pre-chorus: same chord progression here. Hold D2 for transition to chorus.
F#m D2
Nobody knows the trouble we've seen
A E
Nobody knows the price of this dream
F#m D2
And nobody knows what it took to believe, nobody.
Chorus:
A F#m D2
She wants to be free, like a runaway, hey hey hey
A F#m D2
Trying to believe, gonna find a way, hey hey hey hey
A Bm D2 E
We got just one life, tonight we're running all the lights
A Bm D2 E
Trying to break free, like a runaway hey hey hey hey hey
(play second half of intro for the transition)
E-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-7-7-5-5-4-4
Verse 2:
The road below our wheels, all that we fought to heal
You close your eyes and cry, dying for the right to feel
I hear it coming down, oh the sweetest sound
Of forgotten tears falling on the solid ground
(Pre-chorus)
(Chorus)
Bridge:
F#m D2 A
Oh, oh, oh, oh….
F#m D2 A
Oh, oh, oh, oh….
F#m D2 A F#m D2 A
We're singing "How did we get this far, riding on a shooting star? "
F#m D2 A
It's like flying on the wings of God
D2 E5 A (play E Barre chord between D2 & A)
She wants to be free
F#m D2
Like a runaway hey hey hey
A F#m D2
Trying to believe, gonna find a way hey hey hey hey
A Bm D2 E
We got just on life, tonight we're running all the lights
A Bm D2 E
Trying to break free, like a runaway hey hey hey hey hey.
Outro:
E-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-7-7-5-5-4-4-0-0-2-2-5-5-2-2-0-0-9-9-7-7-5-5
Here's how to play that E power chord:
E-|0
B-|0
G-|9
D-|9
A-|7
E-|0
Oh, and just a tip: Play the Bm like you would a regular barred chord, but raise
your pointer finger so the strings you would normally barre are open. It has a nicer voicing!
FINI~
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