How to Play 'Hey Ya!' by Outkast

'Hey Ya!' is an absolute classic of a tune, and it's one that I often get out for students to work on a tied strumming pattern at a fast tempo.

It was presenting this to a student last week that prompted me to come up with the idea of a new series of videos for my YouTube channel, entitled (very unoriginally I know) 'Strumming Songs'.  This will be a series of songs that have one or two chord progressions with beginner chords but a great vibe to them.  There'll probably be lots of tied strumming patterns going on.

Check out my new guitar lesson on how to play 'Hey Ya!' by Outkast. This is the first in a new series of 'Strumming Songs' - awesome easy beginner strumming songs with one or two chord progressions but a great feel, perfect for open mic nights or campfire sessions.

OutKast's official music video for 'Hey Ya!'. Click to listen to OutKast on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/OutKastSpotify?IQid=OutKHY As featured on SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below.

Below is a copy of the chord progression to download.  This is the progression throughout the song (although I still can't decide whether the E chord becomes an Em sometimes).

Good luck with it.