Biography:
Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American contemporary singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio. He is known for his melodic compositions combined with swirling choruses. He was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-'90s and signed to Gabriel's Real World label in 1996. Arthur's first album, Big City Secrets, was released in 1997 to critical acclaim.
In 2006, Arthur's song "In the Sun" was covered by Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.) and Coldplay singer Chris Martin.
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Other songs:
- Black Lexus
- Cinderella Under Glass
- Exhausted
- Honey And The Moon
- In The Sun
- Almost Blue
- Ashes Everywhere
- Chicago
- Cinderella Underglass
- Coast Of High Barbary
- Cockroach
- Crying Like A Man
- Devils Broom
- Dont Tell Your Eyes
- Drive
- Enough To Get Away
- Exhausted Acoustic
- Gipsy Faded
- Gypsy Faded
- Hang Around Here
- I Used To Know How To Walk On Water
- In The Night
- Innocent World
- Leave Us Alone
- Lovely Cost
- Mercedes
- Mexican Army
- My Home Is Your Head
- Nuclear Daydream
- Pretty Good Company
- Say Goodbye
- September Baby
- Slide Away
- Someone To Love
- Space Needle
- Spacemen
- Speed Of Light
- Tattoo
- Temporary People
- Too Much To Hide
- Travel As Equals
- Turn You On
- When I Was Running Out Of Time
- You Are Free
- Youre So True
- Youve Been Loved
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Joseph Arthur - High Barbary
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006)
Original in Am
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[Verse 1]
Am Em Am Em
There were two lofty ships, from old England came
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
One was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of Wales
Am Am G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 2]
Am Em Am Em
"Aloft there, aloft," our jolly boatsman cried
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
"Look ahead, look astern, look the weather, look a-lee"
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am
"Look down along the coast of High Barbary"
[Verse 3]
Am Em Am Em
"There's naught upon the stern, there's naught upon the lee
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
But there's a lofty ship to windward, and she's sailin' fast and free"
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am
Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 4]
Am Em Am Em
"Oh hail her, oh hail her," our gallant captain cried
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
"Are you a man of war, a privateer, a merchant ship?," said he
Am Am G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 5]
Am Em Am Em
"I am not a man of war, a privateer," said he
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
"But I'm a salt sea pirate, a-looking for my fee"
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am
Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 6]
Am Em Am Em
For broadside, for broadside, a long time we lay
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate's mast away
Am Am G G Am Am Am Am
Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 7]
Am Em Am Em
"For quarter, for quarter," the pirates they did cry
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
But the answer that we gave them: we sunk them in the sea
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
Am Am G G G G Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006)
Original in Am
---
[Verse 1]
Am Em Am Em
There were two lofty ships, from old England came
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
One was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of Wales
Am Am G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 2]
Am Em Am Em
"Aloft there, aloft," our jolly boatsman cried
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
"Look ahead, look astern, look the weather, look a-lee"
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am
"Look down along the coast of High Barbary"
[Verse 3]
Am Em Am Em
"There's naught upon the stern, there's naught upon the lee
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
But there's a lofty ship to windward, and she's sailin' fast and free"
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am
Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 4]
Am Em Am Em
"Oh hail her, oh hail her," our gallant captain cried
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
"Are you a man of war, a privateer, a merchant ship?," said he
Am Am G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 5]
Am Em Am Em
"I am not a man of war, a privateer," said he
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
"But I'm a salt sea pirate, a-looking for my fee"
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am
Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 6]
Am Em Am Em
For broadside, for broadside, a long time we lay
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate's mast away
Am Am G G Am Am Am Am
Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 7]
Am Em Am Em
"For quarter, for quarter," the pirates they did cry
Am Em C G
Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
Am Em Am Em
But the answer that we gave them: we sunk them in the sea
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
Am Am G G G G Am
Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
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