Hey Mama Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

E

Asus2

C♯m7

| A |

4.) If you want to play this song like Mat plays it you're going to have to mute the strings

and play the strings open a lot between each chord.

Here is what the VERSE will look like if you play it on an acoustic guitar like Mat does.

d = down strum

u = up strum

u d u d d u d d u d d u u d u d

Or Mat will SOMETIMES play an A chord in place of the open strings when transitioning

into the E, like this:

u d u d d u d d u d d u u d u d

Sometimes there is longer muted strumming. This will just get you started and

give you a feeling for

how to play the song. Watch the videos to better learn what I'm talking about.

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

  'cause she Edon'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

  Singing Edon't look at me, don't look at me

Prechorus 1

 singing Eoh oh

 won't you help me Asus2sing this song

 Singing ee Eee ee

 She don't ever Asus2want to go to sleep

Chorus 1

 SingingE hey mama, don't want no drama

 Just a kiss before I leave Asus2

E Hey lady, don't say maybe

 You're the one that I can believe Asus2

C♯m7 Hey lover, don't want no other

 finger for my ring Asus2

E Hey mama, hey hey mama

Asus2 Hey mama, hey hey mama

E Hey mama, hey hey mama

Asus2 Hey mama, hey hey mama

Postchorus 1: (mute strings while strumming and play E chord throughout)

EOh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

Verse 2

(Same as verse 1)

I can see it in her Cherokee eyes

Those baby browns and her golden thighs

Whatcha doin' for the rest of your life?

Cause you don't want, don't wanna go

Prechorus 2

(Same as Prechorus 1)

singing oh oh

won't you help me sing this song

Singing ee ee ee

She playing like a mystery

Chorus 2

(Same as chorus 1)

Singing hey mama, don't want no drama

Just a kiss before I leave

Hey lady, don't say maybe

You're the one that I can believe

Hey lover, don't want no other

finger for my ring

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Post chorus 3: (Same as Post chorus 1 and 2)

Oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

Verse 3

In this verse he starts off playing open strings into an E

as listed above, but then proceeds to

alternate back and forth between the E and A chord

like so:

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'..

Chorus

Same)

Hey mama, don't want no drama

Just a kiss before I leave

Hey lady, don't say maybe

You're the one that I can believe

Hey lover, don't want no other

finger for my ring

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Hey mama, hey hey mama

Postchorus: (Same)

Oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

END on E