Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya

      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