The Lumineers is an American folk rock band based in Denver, Colorado in 2002 by Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion). Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing together in Ramsey, New Jersey in 2005. Cellist and vocalist Neyla Pekarek joined the band in 2010, and was a member until 2018.
The band's debut self-titled album was released on April 3, 2012. The album's first single, "Ho Hey" reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.
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!
Verse:
CFC - Ho! - I've been trying to do it right
CFC - Hey! - I've been living a lonely life
CFC - Ho! - I've been sleeping here instead
CFAm - Hey! - I've been sleeping in my bed,
AmGCF - Ho! - I've been sleeping in my bed - Hey! -
CF - Ho! -
Verse:
CFC - Ho! - So show me family
CFC - Hey! - All the blood that I will bleed
CFC - Ho! - I don’t know where I belong
CFAm - Hey! - I don’t know where I went wrong,
AmGCF - Ho! - But I can write a song - Hey! -
Chorus:
CAmGC - 1, 2, 3 - I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
AmGCF I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet - Ho! -
CF - Hey! -
CF - Ho! -
CF - Hey! -
Verse:
CFC - Ho! - I don't think you're right for him
CFC - Hey! - think of what it might have been if you
CFC - Ho! - took a bus to Chinatown
CFC - Hey! - I'd be standing on canal
CAm - Ho! - and bowery - Hey! -
AmGCF - Ho! - and she'd be standing next to me - Hey! -
Chorus:
CAmGC - 1, 2, 3 - I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
AmGC I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Bridge:
AmGC And love, we need it now
AmGC Let's hope for some
AmGC Cause oh, we're bleeding out
Chorus:
CAmGC I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
AmGCF I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet - Ho! -