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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standard tuning
Verse:
C
She got the call today
G/B
One out of the gray
Am
And when the smoke cleared
G
It took her breath away
C
She said she didn't believe
G/B
It could happen to me
Am
I guess we're all one phone call
G F
from our knees
G
We're gonna get there soon
C
If every building falls
G/B
And all the stars fade
Am
We'll still be singing this song
G
The one they can't take away
PreChorus
F
I'm gonna get there soon
G
She's gonna be there too
Am
Cryin' in her room
G F
Prayin' Lord come through
G
We're gonna get there soon
Chorus:
C
Oh it's your life
Oh it's your way
F
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Dm7
Cryin out now
From so far away
G F C G Am
You pull me closer to love
F C G
Closer to love
Verse:(Same as before)
Meet me once again
Down off Lake Michigan
Where we could feel the storm blowin
Down with the wind
And don't apologize
For all the tears you've cried
You've been way too strong now for all your life
PreChorus: (same as before)
I'm gonna get there soon
You're gonna be there too
Cryin' in your room
Prayin' Lord come through
We're gonna get there soon
Chorus: (same)
Oh it's your life
Oh it's your way
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Cryin out now
From so far away
You pull me closer to love
Closer to love
Bridge:
F C Am
Cause you are all that I've waited for
G F C G
All of my life
(We're gonna get there)
F C Am
You are all that I've waited for
G F C G
All of my life
Outro:
C
You pull me closer to love hu huuh
Dm7
Closer to love hu huuuh
F G G/B
Pull me closer to love
C F G
You pull me closer to love
Am C
Closer to love oh no
F C
Closer to love
Am C
Closer to love
F C G Am F C
G
Pull me closer to love
F C G Am F C G
Verse:
C
She got the call today
G/B
One out of the gray
Am
And when the smoke cleared
G
It took her breath away
C
She said she didn't believe
G/B
It could happen to me
Am
I guess we're all one phone call
G F
from our knees
G
We're gonna get there soon
C
If every building falls
G/B
And all the stars fade
Am
We'll still be singing this song
G
The one they can't take away
PreChorus
F
I'm gonna get there soon
G
She's gonna be there too
Am
Cryin' in her room
G F
Prayin' Lord come through
G
We're gonna get there soon
Chorus:
C
Oh it's your life
Oh it's your way
F
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Dm7
Cryin out now
From so far away
G F C G Am
You pull me closer to love
F C G
Closer to love
Verse:(Same as before)
Meet me once again
Down off Lake Michigan
Where we could feel the storm blowin
Down with the wind
And don't apologize
For all the tears you've cried
You've been way too strong now for all your life
PreChorus: (same as before)
I'm gonna get there soon
You're gonna be there too
Cryin' in your room
Prayin' Lord come through
We're gonna get there soon
Chorus: (same)
Oh it's your life
Oh it's your way
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Cryin out now
From so far away
You pull me closer to love
Closer to love
Bridge:
F C Am
Cause you are all that I've waited for
G F C G
All of my life
(We're gonna get there)
F C Am
You are all that I've waited for
G F C G
All of my life
Outro:
C
You pull me closer to love hu huuh
Dm7
Closer to love hu huuuh
F G G/B
Pull me closer to love
C F G
You pull me closer to love
Am C
Closer to love oh no
F C
Closer to love
Am C
Closer to love
F C G Am F C
G
Pull me closer to love
F C G Am F C G
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