Mat Kearney - Hey Mama Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
Capo on 1 fret

   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

e|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|
B|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|
G|---0-0-0---1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---1-------------------|
D|-----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|
A|-----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|
E|-----0-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----0-------------------|

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

e|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|
B|---2-2-2---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---0-------------------|
G|---2-2-2---1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---1-------------------|
D|-----2-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----2-----2-------------------|
A|-----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|
E|-----X-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----x-----0-------------------|

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
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
singing oh oh
won't you help me sing this song
Singing ee ee ee
She playing like a mystery
Chorus 2
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:

     u d u   d  d  u  d  d  u  d  d  u  u d u   d
e|---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0-------------------|
B|---0-0-0---2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---0-------------------|
G|---1-1-1---2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---1-------------------|
D|-----2-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----2-----2-------------------|
A|-----2-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2-------------------|
E|-----0-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----x-----0-------------------|

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