{title: Ho Hey}
{artist: The Lumineers}
{album: The Lumineers (2012)}
{key: C}
{tempo: 80}
{difficulty: beginner}
{tags: hearthside,singalong}
{video: youtube:zvCBSSwgtg4}
{credit: The Lumineers - 'Ho Hey' (Official Video, 2012). (c) Dualtone Music.}

{c: From The Lumineers' self-titled debut album. The song that broke them.}
{c: Lyrics copyright the artists. Chord skeleton below.}
{c: For full lyrics: official music video or The Lumineers' published songbook.}

{c: ===== KEY & CAPO =====}
{c: Original recording in C. Three-chord folk pop. No capo needed.}

{c: ===== STRUCTURE =====}
{c: Verse (with HO! and HEY! shouts) → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Final Chorus}

{c: ===== VERSE PROGRESSION (in C) =====}
[C]________ [F]________ [C]________ [F]________
[C]________ [F]________ [Am]________ [G]________

{c: The "HO!" and "HEY!" shouts land between vocal lines.}
{c: Pattern: line of lyrics, then "(HO!)", line of lyrics, then "(HEY!)", repeating through the verse.}

{c: ===== CHORUS PROGRESSION =====}
[F]________ [C]________ [G]________ [C]________
[F]________ [C]________ [G]________ [C]________

{c: ===== BRIDGE =====}
[Am]________ [G]________ [F]________ [C]________
[Am]________ [G]________ [F]________ [C]________

{c: ===== HOW THE FAMILY BAND PLAYS IT =====}
{c: Verse: you strum, both voices, kid screams the HO! and HEY! between vocal lines. Encourage him.}
{c: Chorus: full strum, fiddle drones the C string, kid hits bodhrán on the downbeats.}
{c: Bridge: pull dynamics back, both voices harmonise, kid keeps the HO!/HEY! pattern but quieter.}
{c: Final chorus: everyone loud, kid yelling.}

{c: ===== WHY IT WORKS FOR YOU =====}
{c: It's the loudest, simplest, most participatory song in this chapter. A 7-year-old learns the HO!/HEY! in thirty seconds and you have an instant family rhythm section. Pure singalong fuel. Start your sets with it.}