Biography:
Obadiah Parker is a viral phenomenon.
Mat Weddle and his version of ‘Hey Ya’ has been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube, not counting all the other video websites.
The performance was recorded at a local open mic night, morphed with the original Outkast video and uploaded on YouTube by a friend. The song has since been playlisted at stations across the US and internationally, André 3000, who performed the original has made positive comments about Weddle's version and in January 2008
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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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/ / I think this song is about realizing, who
/ Obadiah Parker / loves you and who don't. It's about taking
/ Who Is It (Björk cover) / a look around you and focus on the ones that
/___________________________/ really mean something to you.
Chords:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 Cmaj7(2) D7 D#dim B7 Em*
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-----3-------8------7-----5-------5-------3------7-----7----7h8----
-----4-------9------7-----5-------4-------5------5-----8----7h9----
-----4-------9------7-----5-------5-------4------7-----7----7h9----
-----x-------x------x-----x-------3-------5------6----------7------
-----3-------8------7-----5----------------------------7-----------
*Mat does the hammer-on's every single time, so
that's sorta part of the chord then, isn't it? ;)
Intro:
| Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 | x4
1st Verse:
Bm7 Cmaj7
His embrace, a fortress
Bm7
It fuels me
Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7
And places a skeleton of trust right beneath us
Bm7
Bone by bone
Cmaj7
Stone by stone
Pre-Chorus:
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7(2)
If you ask yourself patiently and carefully:
D7
Who is it? Who is it?
Chorus:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Who is it that never lets you down?
Cmaj7 Bm7
Who is it that gave you back your crown?
Cmaj7 Bm7
And the ornaments they are going around
Cmaj7
Now they're handing it over, handing it over
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Who is it that never lets you down?
Cmaj7 D#dim
Who is it that gave you back your crown?
B7 Em Cmaj7 D#dim
And the ornaments they are going around
B7 Em Cmaj7
Now they're handing it over, handing it over
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Handing it over
2nd Verse:
He demands a closeness
We all have earned a lightness
Carry my joy on the left
Carry my pain on the right
Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous
Chorus:
similar to previous, then:
| D#dim B7 | Em Cmaj7 | x4
| Am7 | Bm7 | Am7 | Bm7 |
| Am7 | Bm7 | Cmaj7(2) | D7 |
Outro:
| Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 | x4
...that never lets you down?
...that gave you back your crown?
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3rd /June /07
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!
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" Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab.
The past 11 years, I have generated 10,318,000 views and 815 top-rated tabs for this site.
If you want to support an eager contributor like me, check out my own site:
_____ http://www.PlayLikeTheGreats.com _____
Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions.
Best regards,
Maitinin
July, 2015 "
/ / I think this song is about realizing, who
/ Obadiah Parker / loves you and who don't. It's about taking
/ Who Is It (Björk cover) / a look around you and focus on the ones that
/___________________________/ really mean something to you.
Chords:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 Cmaj7(2) D7 D#dim B7 Em*
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----3-------8------7-----5-------5-------3------7-----7----7h8----
-----4-------9------7-----5-------4-------5------5-----8----7h9----
-----4-------9------7-----5-------5-------4------7-----7----7h9----
-----x-------x------x-----x-------3-------5------6----------7------
-----3-------8------7-----5----------------------------7-----------
*Mat does the hammer-on's every single time, so
that's sorta part of the chord then, isn't it? ;)
Intro:
| Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 | x4
1st Verse:
Bm7 Cmaj7
His embrace, a fortress
Bm7
It fuels me
Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7
And places a skeleton of trust right beneath us
Bm7
Bone by bone
Cmaj7
Stone by stone
Pre-Chorus:
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7(2)
If you ask yourself patiently and carefully:
D7
Who is it? Who is it?
Chorus:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Who is it that never lets you down?
Cmaj7 Bm7
Who is it that gave you back your crown?
Cmaj7 Bm7
And the ornaments they are going around
Cmaj7
Now they're handing it over, handing it over
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Who is it that never lets you down?
Cmaj7 D#dim
Who is it that gave you back your crown?
B7 Em Cmaj7 D#dim
And the ornaments they are going around
B7 Em Cmaj7
Now they're handing it over, handing it over
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Handing it over
2nd Verse:
He demands a closeness
We all have earned a lightness
Carry my joy on the left
Carry my pain on the right
Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous
Chorus:
similar to previous, then:
| D#dim B7 | Em Cmaj7 | x4
| Am7 | Bm7 | Am7 | Bm7 |
| Am7 | Bm7 | Cmaj7(2) | D7 |
Outro:
| Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 | x4
...that never lets you down?
...that gave you back your crown?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3rd /June /07
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab.
The past 11 years, I have generated 10,318,000 views and 815 top-rated tabs for this site.
If you want to support an eager contributor like me, check out my own site:
_____ http://www.PlayLikeTheGreats.com _____
Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions.
Best regards,
Maitinin
July, 2015 "
