Biography:
Joy Ike's music is an indie-infused mix of pop, jazz, and neo-soul, and has often been compared to the likes of Fiona Apple, Corrinne Bailey Rae, and Norah Jones. The Pittsburgh-grown, Nigerian singer/songwriter has only been writing and performing for 5 years but in that short amount of time has garnered much success in the independent music scene and has been voted “Best Solo Artist” by the Pittsburgh City Paper for the last three years.
Now as a full-time artist
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Chords]
D xx0232
Dmaj7 xx0222
D7 xx0212
B7 x21202
Em 022000
A7 x02020
Bb7 x13131
[Intro]
D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em A7
[Verse]
D Dmaj7
Finally have some time to sit around and settle down
D7 G
And think about my life
D Dmaj7
I must admit I don’t know what comes next, what to expect
D7 G
But want to get it right
[Chorus]
Em A7 D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em A7
I just wanna to be happy, happy with me
[Verse]
D Dmaj7 D7
35 some years ago you left your world
B7 Em A7
To make a new home in this new place
D Dmaj7
Dad and mom you sure are brave
D7 B7
To let it all go and pave your own way
[Chorus]
Em A7 D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em A7
So I hope you’re happy, happy with me
[Verse]
D Dmaj7
When I’m gone and my life is done
D7 B7
And I’ve spent my love and sung my last song
Em A7
I wanna be eulogied like…
D Dmaj7
“She was sweet and she was strong
D7 B7
And she never marched to anybody else’s drum”
Em A7
And I hope that they will say that
D Dmaj7
“She walked like Jesus, and she talked like Jesus,
D7 B7
And she lived like Jesus, and she loved like Jesus”
[Chorus]
Em A7
And I made him happy, happy
Em A7
I made him happy, I made him happy
Em Bb7 A7 D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em Bb7 A7 D
I made him happy, happy with me
D xx0232
Dmaj7 xx0222
D7 xx0212
B7 x21202
Em 022000
A7 x02020
Bb7 x13131
[Intro]
D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em A7
[Verse]
D Dmaj7
Finally have some time to sit around and settle down
D7 G
And think about my life
D Dmaj7
I must admit I don’t know what comes next, what to expect
D7 G
But want to get it right
[Chorus]
Em A7 D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em A7
I just wanna to be happy, happy with me
[Verse]
D Dmaj7 D7
35 some years ago you left your world
B7 Em A7
To make a new home in this new place
D Dmaj7
Dad and mom you sure are brave
D7 B7
To let it all go and pave your own way
[Chorus]
Em A7 D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em A7
So I hope you’re happy, happy with me
[Verse]
D Dmaj7
When I’m gone and my life is done
D7 B7
And I’ve spent my love and sung my last song
Em A7
I wanna be eulogied like…
D Dmaj7
“She was sweet and she was strong
D7 B7
And she never marched to anybody else’s drum”
Em A7
And I hope that they will say that
D Dmaj7
“She walked like Jesus, and she talked like Jesus,
D7 B7
And she lived like Jesus, and she loved like Jesus”
[Chorus]
Em A7
And I made him happy, happy
Em A7
I made him happy, I made him happy
Em Bb7 A7 D Dmaj7 D7 B7 Em Bb7 A7 D
I made him happy, happy with me
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