Train - Hey Soul Sister

20100927:
So I asked for a song recommendation and was given Hey Soul Sister by Train. Interesting, as the next song I will try is I'm Yours and that would be three songs that employ the ukulele. And my friend just got a ukulele. I think I'm being told I need to get a ukulele too! I don't have this song in my music library, so I don't have the lyrics memorized. Though the basic layout of the song is fairly simple. It'll take a while before I can remember the lyrics.

Overall Patterns:
I: |C |G |Am |F
II: |C |G |Am |F; G
II': |C |G |Am; F |G
III: |F |G; C, G
IV: |F |G

Song breakdown:
Hey Ay: I
Verse1: I II I II
Chorus: III III III IV

Hey Ay: I
Verse2: I II' I II
Chorus: III III III IV

HVerse: I II
HChoru: III III
ChorusAlter: III III III III IV
Hey Ay: II II C

20100930:
I've been playing this every day since the 27th and today I had the chords memorized. Thus the next obstacle is to memorize the verses and chorus. So I'll try out a memorization chart and see how that goes:
Stain rhymes with brain. Thinking of the person's lipstick on your mind. Being on your mind you can't forget them. And so you might as well think about them and let them drive your mind crazy (i.e. blow your mind). Moonbeam rhymes with dream, and if you're thinking about her you're dreaming about her in every single dream you dream, especially her smell. Meeting her was out of the blue and it felt like your meeting was a collision. Regardless, you knew when you collided, well collided rhymes with decided, so obviously you decided when you collided that she was someone who was one of your kind. (Kind rhymes with mind).

Rhyme scheme breakdown:
A A
B B C
D D
E E C

20101222:
With practice and confidence the lyrics get easier to sing in time with the chords.

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HEY SOUL SISTER - Train
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Tabbed by: Tze Yeang
Email: yeang.tze@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard
Capo 4

[20160713] Added brackets here to represent two measure of two (a count of four). Otherwise assume a chord letter is two measures

C G Am F
Hey-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay

C G Am F {plays after brains}
Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains
[starts singing during F] C G Am [F G]
I knew I wouldn't for-get you and so I went and let you blow my mind
C G Am F
Your sweet moonbeam the smell of you in every single dream I dream
C G Am [F G ]
I knew when we col-lided you're the one I have de-cided who's one of my kind

F [G :C G] F
Hey soul sister ain't that mister mister on the radio stereo
[G :C G]
The way you move aint fair you know
F [G :C G] F G
Hey soul sister I don't want to miss a single thing you do

C G Am F
To-night Hey-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay

[[ Same as above ]]

C G Am F
Just in ti-i-i-ime I'm so glad you have a one track mind like me
C G Am F G
You gave my love dir-ection a game show love con-nection we can't deny-i-iii
C G Am F
I'm so obsessed my heart is bound to beat right outta my untrimmed chest
C G Am
I believe in you like a virgin you're Ma-donna and I'm always gonna wanna
F G
blow your mind

F G C G F
Hey soul sister ain't that mister mister on the radio stereo
G C G
The way you move aint fair you know
F G C G F G
Hey soul sister I don't want to miss a single thing you do

[the chords for this part is the same as the verse]
C
To-night The way you can't cut a rug
G Am
Watching you's the only drug I need

You're so gangster I'm so thug
F C
You're the only one I'm dreaming of you see
G
I can be myself now final-ly
Am
In fact there's nothing I can't be
[F G]
I want the world to see you be with me

F [G C G] F
Hey soul sister ain't that mister mister on the radio stereo
[G C G]
The way you move aint fair you know
F [G C G] F [G C G]
Hey soul sister I don't want to miss a single thing you do to-night

F [G C G] F G
Hey soul sister I don't want to miss a single thing you do-oooo

C G Am F G
To-night Hey-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay
C G Am F G
To-night Hey-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay
C
Ton-ight

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