Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey

ya hey
by vampire weekend
on their upcoming album modern vampires of the city

standard tuning , not very complex , let me know of any corrections you come across

B
oh , sweet thing ,
E
zion doesn’t love you ,
F#
babylon don’t love you ,
B
but you love everything .

B
oh , you saint ,
E
america don’t love you ,
F#
so i could never love you ,
B
in spite of everything .

E F#
in the dark of this place , there’s the glow of your face ,
B E
there’s the dust on the screen , of this broken machine ,
E F# B
and i can’t help but feel , that i made some mistake , but i let it go
E
ya hey , ya hey , ya hey

E
through the fire and through the flames
F# B E
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )
E
you won’t even say your name
F# B E
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )
E F#
through the fire and through the flames , you won’t even say your name ,
B E
only i Am that i Am .
E
but who could ever live that way?
F# B E B
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )

* chords same as first verse *

oh ,
the motherland don’t love you ,
the fatherland don’t love you ,
so why love anything?

oh , good god ,
the faithless they don’t love you ,
the zealous hearts don’t love you ,
and that’s not gonna change .

all the cameras and files , all the paranoid style ,
all the tension and fear , of the secret career
and i can’t help but think , that you see the mistakes , but you let it go
ya hey , ya hey , ya hey

through the fire and through the flames
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )
you won’t even say your name
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )
through the fire and through the flames , you won’t even say your name ,
you say i Am that i Am .
but who could ever live that way?
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )

B
outside the tents , on the festival grounds ,
E
as the air began to cool , and the sun went down ,
F#
my soul swooned , as i faintly heard the sound ,
F#7
of you spinning israelites , into 19th nervous breakdown

through the fire and through the flames
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )
you won’t even say your name
( ya hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey , yo de – o hey , ya hey )
through the fire and through the flames , you won’t even say your name ,
only i Am that i Am .
but who could ever live that way?
what de – o , ya hey , what de – o , o