Biography:
Wall of Voodoo was a New Wave/Alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California, United States best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band's best known lineup consists of Stan Ridgway (vocals, keyboards), Marc Moreland (guitar), Chas Gray (bass, vocals) and Joe Nanini (drums). The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.
Wall of Voodoo had its roots in Acme Soundtracks
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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!
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!
[Intro]
C F Eb C F Eb
[Verse 1]
C F Ab
Sits and watches traffic pass
C
Rejecting eyes,
F Ab
Pulling down the steel and glass
Ab Eb C
She won't beg and no one will ask
[Chorus 1]
C Ab Eb Ab Eb C#
And it moves too fast, for Joanne
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne
C# F Eb C# C F Eb C F Eb C
for Joanne
[Verse 2]
C F Eb C
There's a silence no man can crack
C
The city draining,
C F Eb Ab
The wind shredding clouds to rags.
Ab F C
She looks forward, she looks back,
[Chorus 2]
C Ab Eb C#
And it moves too fast for Joanne.
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne
C# F Eb C# C F Eb C F Eb C
for Joanne
[Verse 3]
C F Eb
Her secret is revealed.
C F
She opens up her sacred heart,
F Ab
Her wound that never heals.
Ab C
Breathe slow, the moment's at hand.
[Chorus 3]
C Ab Eb C#
And it moves too fast for Joanne. (for Joanne)
C# F Eb C# F
for Joanne
Ab F C
Oh I know I know I know I'll never get back
C Ab Eb C# F Eb C#
And it moves too fast for Joanne.
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne(for Joanne)
C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F
for Joanne(for Joanne)
C F Eb C F Eb
[Verse 1]
C F Ab
Sits and watches traffic pass
C
Rejecting eyes,
F Ab
Pulling down the steel and glass
Ab Eb C
She won't beg and no one will ask
[Chorus 1]
C Ab Eb Ab Eb C#
And it moves too fast, for Joanne
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne
C# F Eb C# C F Eb C F Eb C
for Joanne
[Verse 2]
C F Eb C
There's a silence no man can crack
C
The city draining,
C F Eb Ab
The wind shredding clouds to rags.
Ab F C
She looks forward, she looks back,
[Chorus 2]
C Ab Eb C#
And it moves too fast for Joanne.
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne
C# F Eb C# C F Eb C F Eb C
for Joanne
[Verse 3]
C F Eb
Her secret is revealed.
C F
She opens up her sacred heart,
F Ab
Her wound that never heals.
Ab C
Breathe slow, the moment's at hand.
[Chorus 3]
C Ab Eb C#
And it moves too fast for Joanne. (for Joanne)
C# F Eb C# F
for Joanne
Ab F C
Oh I know I know I know I'll never get back
C Ab Eb C# F Eb C#
And it moves too fast for Joanne.
C# F Eb C#
for Joanne(for Joanne)
C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F Eb C# F
for Joanne(for Joanne)
