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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Chords needed in this song:
C 032013
G 032033
Am 002210
F 133211
Verse 1:
C
Hey Mama
G
Whatcha doing in Seattle
Am
With a needle
F
Shooting up into the sky
C
We quit smoking
G
On our way up from Portland
Am F
But we had to start again to get us by
Chorus:
G
No one knows which way it's gonna go
Am
We just keep showing up
F G
Never asking why
G
Not quite sure where we've been before
Am
We just keep growing up
F G
In order to survive
*And the rest is pretty much the same*
Verse 2:
With Lisa
Getting to be vicious
You could see the damage blowing in her eyes
And Eric
Pretending not to hear us
As he's adding up statistics in his mind
Verse 3:
To Vancouver
Where we had to cross the border
So we ditched our shit
Somewhere along the I-5
Were tired
Cause we spent the whole night wired
With Jane's Addiction
Blasting down the alpine
Chorus:
No one knows which way it's gonna go
We just keep showing up
Never asking why
Not quite sure where we've been before
We just keep growing up
In order to survive
Hey Mama
Whatcha doing in Seattle
With a needle
Shooting up into the sky
Sky
Sky
Sky
C 032013
G 032033
Am 002210
F 133211
Verse 1:
C
Hey Mama
G
Whatcha doing in Seattle
Am
With a needle
F
Shooting up into the sky
C
We quit smoking
G
On our way up from Portland
Am F
But we had to start again to get us by
Chorus:
G
No one knows which way it's gonna go
Am
We just keep showing up
F G
Never asking why
G
Not quite sure where we've been before
Am
We just keep growing up
F G
In order to survive
*And the rest is pretty much the same*
Verse 2:
With Lisa
Getting to be vicious
You could see the damage blowing in her eyes
And Eric
Pretending not to hear us
As he's adding up statistics in his mind
Verse 3:
To Vancouver
Where we had to cross the border
So we ditched our shit
Somewhere along the I-5
Were tired
Cause we spent the whole night wired
With Jane's Addiction
Blasting down the alpine
Chorus:
No one knows which way it's gonna go
We just keep showing up
Never asking why
Not quite sure where we've been before
We just keep growing up
In order to survive
Hey Mama
Whatcha doing in Seattle
With a needle
Shooting up into the sky
Sky
Sky
Sky
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