Hey Ya Acoustic chords by Obadiah Parker

Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya (Acoustic live version)
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: E major (E F# G# A B C# D# E) with a capo on the fourth fret,
C major (C D E F G A B C) without
Tempo: 76 bpm (average)



[Intro]: C Fadd2  Gadd4 Am7 x2

C      Fadd2                      Gadd4 Am7
My baby don't mess around because she loves me so, and this I know for sure
C      Fadd2                    Gadd4Am7
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

   C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7 C Fadd2 Gadd4 Am7
And hey ya, hey ya, hey ya, hey ya

C          Fadd2                                Gadd4
You think you got it, oh you think you got it, but God I just don't get it, till there's nothing
 Am7
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

   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

      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

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

   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



Free papers for this song are available in .pdf on my website, you can find
the link in the description on the YouTube tutorial. The papers available are
Lyrics & Chords, Lyrics & Chords+ (beats per chord), Chord Diagrams, Extra
(the structure) and Playing Patterns (strumming patterns). If you need further
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