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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Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya (Acoustic live version)
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Arranged key: C major (C D E F G A B C)
Original key: E major (E F# G# A B C# D# E), either put a capo on the fourth fret or transpose to +4
Tempo: 76 bpm (average)
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o2J8WofZNk
(This is the live version of him playing in a cafe, but it's played the same as the studio version except
for the timing on some chord changes. You can find strumming patterns for all the parts in the tutorial!)
[Intro]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 x2
[Verse 1]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
My baby don't mess around because she loves me so, and this I know for sure
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
But does she really wanna, but can't stand to see me walk out the door
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
I can't stand to fight the feeling, cause the thought alone is killing me right now
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Thank god for mom and dad for sticking two together, cause we don't know how
[Chorus 1]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
[Verse 2]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
You think you got it, oh you think you got it, but God I just don't get it, till there's nothing at all
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
We get together, oh we get together, but separate's always better, when there's feelings involved
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
If what they say that nothing is forever, oh then what makes, then what makes, then what makes
Then what makes, what makes love the exception
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
So why, oh why oh, why oh why oh why oh, are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here
[Chorus 2]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
[Verse 3]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Alright now fellas, you're oh what's cooler than being cool
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
I can't hear you, now, now, now, I say what's cooler than being cool
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright now
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Ladies, yeah we're gonna break it down in just a few seconds here
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2
Don't make me break it down for nothing, I wanna see you all on your alls baddest behaviour
Gadd4 Am7
Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbour
[Bridge]
C Fadd2 Gadd4
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
Am7
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it
C Fadd2 Gadd4
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
Am7 C
Shake, shake, shake it, shake it like a Polaroid Picture now
Fadd2 Gadd4
But shake it, oh now sh, oh I said shake it up
Am7
Shake it oh now, oh now shake it up
C Fadd2 Gadd4
Oh I said shake it oh now now, oh now shake it up
Am7
And shake it up, oh now shake it up
[Chorus 4]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya ooh no oh
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Hey ya, hey ya ooh oh oh, hey ya, hey ya ooh oh
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, and hey ya
Chords:
C (X 3 2 0 1 3)
Fadd2 (X X 3 2 1 3)
Gadd4 (3 2 0 0 1 3)
Am7 (X 0 2 0 1 3)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
If you like this transcription, feel free to check out my YouTube channel where I post tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/astlessons
//Robert
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Arranged key: C major (C D E F G A B C)
Original key: E major (E F# G# A B C# D# E), either put a capo on the fourth fret or transpose to +4
Tempo: 76 bpm (average)
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o2J8WofZNk
(This is the live version of him playing in a cafe, but it's played the same as the studio version except
for the timing on some chord changes. You can find strumming patterns for all the parts in the tutorial!)
[Intro]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 x2
[Verse 1]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
My baby don't mess around because she loves me so, and this I know for sure
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
But does she really wanna, but can't stand to see me walk out the door
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
I can't stand to fight the feeling, cause the thought alone is killing me right now
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Thank god for mom and dad for sticking two together, cause we don't know how
[Chorus 1]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
[Verse 2]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
You think you got it, oh you think you got it, but God I just don't get it, till there's nothing at all
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
We get together, oh we get together, but separate's always better, when there's feelings involved
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
If what they say that nothing is forever, oh then what makes, then what makes, then what makes
Then what makes, what makes love the exception
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
So why, oh why oh, why oh why oh why oh, are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here
[Chorus 2]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
[Verse 3]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Alright now fellas, you're oh what's cooler than being cool
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
I can't hear you, now, now, now, I say what's cooler than being cool
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright now
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Ladies, yeah we're gonna break it down in just a few seconds here
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2
Don't make me break it down for nothing, I wanna see you all on your alls baddest behaviour
Gadd4 Am7
Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbour
[Bridge]
C Fadd2 Gadd4
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
Am7
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it
C Fadd2 Gadd4
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
Am7 C
Shake, shake, shake it, shake it like a Polaroid Picture now
Fadd2 Gadd4
But shake it, oh now sh, oh I said shake it up
Am7
Shake it oh now, oh now shake it up
C Fadd2 Gadd4
Oh I said shake it oh now now, oh now shake it up
Am7
And shake it up, oh now shake it up
[Chorus 4]
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya ooh no oh
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
Hey ya, hey ya ooh oh oh, hey ya, hey ya ooh oh
C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, and hey ya
Chords:
C (X 3 2 0 1 3)
Fadd2 (X X 3 2 1 3)
Gadd4 (3 2 0 0 1 3)
Am7 (X 0 2 0 1 3)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
If you like this transcription, feel free to check out my YouTube channel where I post tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/astlessons
//Robert
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