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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Hey Mama - Mat Kearney
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Tabbed By: Trevor Healy
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Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret
Chords Used in this Song:
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| E (022100) |
| Asus2 (x02200) |
| C#m7 (x46600) |
| A (x02220) |
| |
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Verse 1
E
She don't know what she wants to be
E
With all the pictures in the magazines
E
Holding hands when she's mad at me
E
'cause she don't wanna go, don't wanna go
E
I met her at Anthropologie
E
Her purple boots and her golden dreams
E
Standing there like a Tennessee queen
E
Singing don't look at me, don't look at me
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Pre-Chorus
E
singing oh oh
Asus2
won't you help me sing this song
E
Singing ee ee ee
Asus2
She don't ever want to go to sleep
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Chorus
E
Singing hey mama, don't want no drama
Asus2
Just a kiss before I leave
E
Hey lady, don't say maybe
Asus2
You're the one that I can believe
C#m7
Hey lover, don't want no other
Asus2
finger for my ring
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
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Postchorus 1
E
Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
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Verse 2
E
I can see it in her Cherokee eyes
E
Those baby browns and her golden thighs
E
Whatcha doin' for the rest of your life?
E
Cause you don't want, don't wanna go
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Pre-Chorus 2
E
singing oh oh
Asus2
won't you help me sing this song
E
Singing ee ee ee
Asus2
She playing like a mystery
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Chorus 2
E
Singing hey mama, don't want no drama
Asus2
Just a kiss before I leave
E
Hey lady, don't say maybe
Asus2
You're the one that I can believe
C#m7
Hey lover, don't want no other
Asus2
finger for my ring
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
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Post-Chorus 3
E
Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
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Verse 3
E
Couldn't be more opposite
E A
I'm hard to please and you're hard to get
A E
You're Mississippi and I'm Oregon
E A
You're sun tanned and I'm porcelain, singin'..
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Chorus 3
E
Hey mama, don't want no drama
Asus2
Just a kiss before I leave
E
Hey lady, don't say maybe
Asus2
You're the one that I can believe
C#m7
Hey lover, don't want no other
Asus2
finger for my ring
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
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Post-Chorus
E
Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
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Hey Mama - Mat Kearney
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Tabbed By: Trevor Healy
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Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret
Chords Used in this Song:
---------------------
| |
| E (022100) |
| Asus2 (x02200) |
| C#m7 (x46600) |
| A (x02220) |
| |
---------------------
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Verse 1
E
She don't know what she wants to be
E
With all the pictures in the magazines
E
Holding hands when she's mad at me
E
'cause she don't wanna go, don't wanna go
E
I met her at Anthropologie
E
Her purple boots and her golden dreams
E
Standing there like a Tennessee queen
E
Singing don't look at me, don't look at me
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Pre-Chorus
E
singing oh oh
Asus2
won't you help me sing this song
E
Singing ee ee ee
Asus2
She don't ever want to go to sleep
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus
E
Singing hey mama, don't want no drama
Asus2
Just a kiss before I leave
E
Hey lady, don't say maybe
Asus2
You're the one that I can believe
C#m7
Hey lover, don't want no other
Asus2
finger for my ring
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
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Postchorus 1
E
Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
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Verse 2
E
I can see it in her Cherokee eyes
E
Those baby browns and her golden thighs
E
Whatcha doin' for the rest of your life?
E
Cause you don't want, don't wanna go
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Pre-Chorus 2
E
singing oh oh
Asus2
won't you help me sing this song
E
Singing ee ee ee
Asus2
She playing like a mystery
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Chorus 2
E
Singing hey mama, don't want no drama
Asus2
Just a kiss before I leave
E
Hey lady, don't say maybe
Asus2
You're the one that I can believe
C#m7
Hey lover, don't want no other
Asus2
finger for my ring
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
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Post-Chorus 3
E
Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
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Verse 3
E
Couldn't be more opposite
E A
I'm hard to please and you're hard to get
A E
You're Mississippi and I'm Oregon
E A
You're sun tanned and I'm porcelain, singin'..
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Chorus 3
E
Hey mama, don't want no drama
Asus2
Just a kiss before I leave
E
Hey lady, don't say maybe
Asus2
You're the one that I can believe
C#m7
Hey lover, don't want no other
Asus2
finger for my ring
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
E
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Asus2
Hey mama, hey hey mama
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Post-Chorus
E
Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
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