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Fresh Wave

by Johnny Light

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Yes 04:40
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE 1 Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G One of these days, when I’m not afraid I’ll be saying. Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G One of these nights, when you’re out of sight I’ll be praying. I’ll be praying. Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G Going to take it the whole road, Going to make it the whole darn way Fmaj7/C/G tacet Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Nothing gonna to stop me from saying, from saying “Yes”! CHORUS 1 & REPEAT Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Yes, I’ll be saying, Yes, to my love. Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Yes, to the love surrounding me. Yes, to the blessings of everyday. Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Yes, to the rest of my life. REFRAIN 1 Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G There’s only two ways that you can go, on is yes and the other is no. Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G There’s only two questions you ever ask, are you sharing more or are you sharing less? Fmaj7/C/G tacet Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Nothing gonna to stop me from saying, from saying “Yes”! REPEAT CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Yes, to the way it’s always been. Yes, since the dawn of time. Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Yes, to the loving that’s been expressed. Yes, to the sunrise in your eyes. Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Yes, I’ll be saying, nothing less than “Yes”! Cmaj7+9/C/G Fmaj7/C/G Nothing less than “Yes”! (2nd voice: Oh, no, no, no).
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INTRODUCTION (Harmonica/Key of G) VERSE 1 Em Am7 Yes, and, I’ve been, I’ve been all around the world. Em Am7 Em Am7 And I’ve seen people, people everywhere I go. People are mostly the same. Em Am7 Everybody’s wishing and a wanting, hoping and a dreaming. Em Am7 Em Am7tacet That someone from somewhere will save them. That someone will save them. REFRAIN 1 Em Am7 And there’s one thing, only one thing I know. Em Am7 There’s only one thing, I might really know. Em Am7 Yes, in all my life there’s only one thing I really know. Em Am7 There’s only one thing, I might really know. CHORUS Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna save me, from myself. Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna save me, I know there ain’t no one else. Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna save me, from myself. Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna save me, I know there ain’t no one else. Em Am7 Em Am7 There ain’t no one else. REPEAT VERSE 1 REFRAIN 2 Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna come down, nobody’s gonna come down from heaven. Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna come ‘round and say they’ll love you forever. Em Am7 Nobody’s gonna hand you a blank check and say, “Hey, Johnny do now whatever you will.” Em Am7 Em Am7tacet There ain’t no one from nowhere to save me, from myself. Emtacet Am7 Am Am7 Nobody’s gonna save me. REPEAT LAST LINE TO END
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O' Lover 03:36
INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Gm/D Bbmaj7 Bb Bbmaj7 If you could know me through the eyes that I see you. Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A Asus4 Maybe then you’d comprehend the beauty you are to me. Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Gm/D Bbmaj7 Bb Bbmaj7 A woman in a body, who looks as if she’s twenty. Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A Asus4 In spirit she is older, much more than me and wiser. REFRAIN 1 Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 D7 Bm7 D7 Then why don’t you believe me, when I show the ways I love you. Gmaj7 A And all the words you’ve said before don’t mean a doggone thing? VERSE 2 Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Gm/D Bbmaj7 Bb Bbmaj7 For the union of our spirits, that will last forever. Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A Asus4 Even if our bodies, do part this very day. Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Gm/D Bbmaj7 Bb Bbmaj7 You know I would like to marry, and raise a gentle family. Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A Asus4 And you would like to wander still, and go your single way. REFRAIN 2 Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 D7 Bm7 D7 Then why do words deny me, as I confess of my passion. Gmaj7 A And you seem not to hear me, as if I wasn’t there. VERSE 3 Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Gm/D Bbmaj7 Bb Bbmaj7 O’ Lover we’ve been everywhere, two human lovers can. Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A Asus4 Now, the time has come for knowing, the future of our caring. REFRAIN 3 Dmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 D7 Bm7 D7 Will it be one forever? Will it be by choice? Gmaj7 A Will we live in love until the end, of life upon the Earth? REPEAT VERSE 3 FINALE Dmaj7 Gm/D Dmaj7 Gm/D D O’ Lover. O’Lover. O’Lover. O’Lover.
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Beyond War 05:16
VERSE 1 G D Am Bm C D7 In the nuclear age, eight minutes away from perpetual annihilation. G D Am Bm C D7 We cannot ignore, conditioned indifference, or turning our eyes away. G D Am Bm C D7 In the nuclear age, one million Hiroshima’s, awaiting decisions. G D Am Bm C D7 No one really survives, a post-nuclear war. We cannot deny no more. REFRAIN 1 Bm Am Bm G The root cause of war, is the way of our thinking. C D7 G In a world where everything has changed. REFRAIN 2 Bm Am Bm C Break through the illusion, that war can be won. Bm C D7 That war in our time will endure. Bm Am Bm C Break through the illusion, that they will not let us. Bm C D7 There’s nothing I can do. (percussion flourishes with hot bass line) REFRAIN 3 Bm Am Bm Am What’ll be our destiny? What’ll be our foolish reasons? C D C D To deny the now obvious fact. That our mutual survival. C D C D Depends on both you and I. Choosing to live (2nd voice: I’d rather not die). C Dtacet For ourselves and our children. CHORUS Bm Am Choosing a world Beyond War (2nd voice: We’re Beyond War). Bm Am A world Beyond War (2nd voice: We’re Beyond War). D7 A World Beyond War (mini-nuclear explosion with percussion) INSTRUMENTAL (saxophone and harmonica) VERSE 2 G D Am Bm C D7 The way we’ve been thinking, drifing towards disaster, denying our darker side. G D Am Bm C D7 The part of me, I don’t want to see. For fear of losing what I believe. G D Am Bm C D7 Black or white, right or wrong, this mode of our thinking must change. G D Am Bm C D7 To you and I, the Earth and sky, creates no enemy. REFRAIN 1 Bm Am Bm D7 This mode of our thinking, must yield to a fresh way to be (instrumental fill). Bm Am Bm D7 The dream of all ages, living in a world Beyond War (percussion flourishes). REPEAT REFRAIN 2 REFRAIN 3 Bm Am Bm Am Choosing to give, working together. C D C D To yield our rigid positions. And open to knowing. C D Seeing each other as one (2nd voice: we are one people). C D C Dtacet One Earth together. We are one mind. OPTIONAL VERSE 3 G D Am Bm C D7 Holding the vision, of a world Beyond War. Commitment towards a common goal. G D Am Bm C D7 Building foundations of mutual agreement, a process towards the choice. G D Am Bm C D7 Knowing enough to decide, taking action for a change. Awaiting you & I in such a world. G D Am Bm C D7 Resolving our conflicts, without the tools of war, with the courage to face our fears. REPEAT CHORUS & END
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VERSE 1 A D A When I feel myself drifting away. Bm E7 I forget what I came here for. A D A And when my heart is slipping away. D7 I call your name. F#m You look at me. D7 Esus E7 A D A tacet Your eyes they remind me of who I want to be. CHORUS Dmaj7 Esus Dmaj7 Esus Back on, Back on Purpose Dmaj7 Esus C#m Esus Back on, Back on Purpose VERSE 2 A D A I get so high when I'm with you. Bm E7 Sometimes I want to run away. A D A And when you go as I know you must. Bm E7 My heart just tears and aches. D7 A7 D7 A7 So I look up at the stars and sun. D7 A7 D7 A7 Just to remember where I am. F#m You know I feel so small. F#m Esus F#m Esus And sometimes so huge. D E7 A D A tacet I just want to swallow it all. CHORUS REFRAIN Dmaj7 Esus Round and round the world once more. Dmaj7 Esus I find myself standing at your door. Dmaj7 Esus Will you open up and let me in? Dmaj7 Esus Get me on purpose once again. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE THEN END
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INTRODUCTION (Harmonica/Key of G) VERSE 1 G Bm C D7 G Bm Was there ever a time, when you woke up from dreaming in the night. C D7 G Bm Wondering where you were, and who you are? C D7 Stumbling around in the darkness… CHORUS (Wanting-1st, Looking-2nd, Having-3rd, Giving-4th) G Bm Wanting a Light to shine on. C D7 Wanting a Light to shine on. G Bm Wanting a Light to shine on. C D7(tacet at end) G Wanting a Light to shine on, shine on me (shine on you-2nd & 3rd , shine on everyone-4th) VERSE 2 G Bm C D7 G Bm Was there ever a time, when you opened, just opened up your eye. C D7 G Bm And crying a tear, for all humanity. C D7 We’re all strangers in this land, G Bm C D7 Caught between the dream and reality. REPEAT CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL VERSE 3 G Bm C D7 G Was there ever a time, when you’re feeling so lonely you could die. Bm C D7 G Bm It’s not your pain your feeling, it’s your healing. C D7 G Bm It’s not a sorrow all your own, not your anger or your fear, C D7 G Bm Not your grief or endless tears, it’s your healing. C D7 Blessings from the Creator. REPEAT CHORUS VERSE 4 G Bm C D7 G Was there ever a time, when you’re felt open, open to everyone. Bm C D7 G Bm Man, woman and child, are gifts of Earth and sky. C D7 An ocean of loving to be. REPEAT CHORUS & END
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Fresh Wave 03:35
INTRODUCTION (Harmonica/Key of A) CHORUS F#m Bm E7 A Fresh Wave is coming, I smell it coming round the bend. F#m Bm E7 A Fresh Wave is coming, I feel it coming round the bend. F#m Bm E7 A Fresh Wave is coming, I hear it coming round the bend. F#m Bm E7 F#m Bm E7 A Fresh Wave is coming, I can taste it. I can taste it. REFRAIN 1 C#m Bm E7 F#m Bm E7 I don’t know nothing, about what the future holds for me (for us). C#m Bm E7 F#m Bm E7 I don’t know nothing, excepting what I see (feel, know, be) somehow. F#m Bm E7 F#m Bm E7 What we see (feel, know, be) somehow. What we see (feel, know, be) somehow. INSTRUMENTAL REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT REFRAIN 1 REFRAIN 2 F#m Bm E7 The old world is dying, it’s shaking and it’s gonna fail. F#m Bm E7 The new world is coming, and it’s gonna change us all. REPEAT CHORUS TO END
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VERSE 1 Em7 Am7 Wherever the Rainbow goes I will follow. Em7 Am7 Bringing my gifts of passion to share. Em7 Am7 I will sing and dance with you ‘til the dawning of the new day. Em7 Am7 B7+9 tacet Em7 Am7 To the beat of the drum and my heart I will go. I will go. VERSE 2 Em7 Am7 Wherever the Family goes calls I am needed. Em7 Am7 My life’s blood and breath will serve ‘til I die. Em7 Am7 I will heal your wounded, feed all the brothers and sisters Em7 Am7 B7+9 tacet Em7 Am7 We are the changed world reborn called Rainbow. Called Rainbow. INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 1 C#m Emaj7 We are the changed world called Rainbow. C#m Emaj7 Gathering and blending all the walks and ways. C#m Emaj7 In circles we dance around the fire. C#m Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 tacet And sing our prayers and praises, for the peaceful people of the day. E Emaj7 Dmaj7 We Are Rainbow. REFRAIN 2 C#m Emaj7 We are the children called Rainbow. C#m Emaj7 With flowers and incense in our hair. C#m Emaj7 Crystalline eyes to the universe. C#m Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 tacet Return to earth and fill your dreams with lovelights in your eyes. REFRAIN 3 E Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 We Are Rainbow. E Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 We Are Rainbow. E Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 Family E Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 Family E Emaj7 Dmaj7 B7 END
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INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS TWICE G bar Am bar Being in Communications. Bm bar C D7 Being In Formation. VERSE 1 G bar Bm bar Share your journey. C D7 Your troubles and your fears. G bar Am bar They will fall from importance. C D7 As you communicate them here. G bar Bm bar Share your journey. C D7 Your insights and your dreams. G bar Am bar They'll rise like jewels in light. C D7 If you communicate with me. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE VERSE 2 G bar Bm bar The living message who you are. C D7 The love and sensation. G bar Bm bar Reaching out your hand to me. C D7 Will bring us such elation. G bar Bm bar What I really want is. C D7 That our love will fly together. G bar Bm bar Hand-in-hand our working will C D7 Be blessed with manifestation. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE VERSE 3 G bar Bm bar Be kind to your family. C D7 Your lovers and your friends. G bar Bm bar Be kind to the strangers. C D7 Who have hurts yet to mend. G Bm Be the brightest light around. C D7 Everywhere you go. G Bm Sharing love will make you whole. C D7 In anything you do. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE TO END
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Beloved One 04:46
VERSE 1 F#m E A Since you came into this world. Amaj7 E I've known heartache and joy. F#m E A I love you, oh, so dearly. Amaj7 E 'Cause you are my little boy. CHORUS 1 Amaj7 D Up you grew so swiftly. Amaj7 D Amaj7 I was there to help you grow. D Amaj7 There were times I had to go. F#m E My worldly work was calling. A E tacet And your momma left that day. Amaj7 D Amaj7 D Amaj7 D No blame. No blame. No blame. CHORUS 2 Amaj7 D I want to be near you. Amaj7 D Amaj7 There's nothing more I'd rather do. D Amaj7 Than to spend my days with you. F#m E But your momma took you far away. A E tacet Casting judgments that have touched me. Amaj7 D Amaj7 D Amaj7 D To this very day. Through this very day. VERSE 2 F#m E A Don't forget my shining love. Amaj7 E Though I cannot chase you down. F#m E A You will come to me again. Amaj7 E In the light of the rising sun. CHORUS 3 Amaj7 D Envision your mother and father. Amaj7 D Amaj7 Melting into a brighter sun. D Amaj7 You will know what can be done. F#m E tacet And the time we've left together. Amaj7 D Is an Eternal One. Amaj7 D Eternal One. Amaj7 D You are my son. Amaj7 D tacet Beloved One. Amaj7 Beloved One.
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No Pain 03:52
INTRODUCTION (Harmonica/Key of C) VERSE 1 C G Am Dm7 G7 Nobody feels no pain. We simply talk it all away. C G Am All this anger and war we’ve been making. F Gbar C And talk of brotherhood (sisterhood) when we’ve been faking. Dm7 G7 C G Am So easy to forget the broken hearts, scattered all across the world. Dm7 G7 C Why so few of our dreams are really coming true? VERSE 2 C G Am Dm7 G7 Is there no room for caring. In the busy life we’ve created. C G Am So ambitious, so afraid to slow the pace. F Gbar Take the risk and slow it down. C G Am One finger up and the other to the ground. Dm7 G7 C Is there no place for a heart full of daring? REFRAIN F Gbar C There was a time long ago when I believed in words, F Gbar C And I needed high ideals to save the day. F Gbar I carried signs of peace not war, C G Am But our minds were fighting more and more, Dm7 G7 C And our hearts were laden with the tears of people crying. INSTRUMENTAL VERSE 3 C G Am Dm7 G7 C Can’t you feel no rage? Bury anger and the fear beneath the sheltered rain. F G It still burns cold in the night, Am C When you’re alone in your dreams. F Gbar Am You will awaken one day and remember how to feel broken. Dm7 G7 C Listen hard to every word you’ve spoken. REPEAT VERSE 1 & END
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Drop Away 03:46
INTRODUCTION (For Piano) VERSE 1 Gm Ab Come walk with me, by the rarified sea. Gm Ab Bb One drop is all it will take, to make a sacrament of, all your worldly ways. CHORUS 1 Db Ab Will Drop Away. Will Drop Away, ehh. Db Ab Will Drop Away. Will Drop Away, ehh, Eb Gm Fmtacet Like the chains upon your eyes. INSTRUMENTAL VERSE 1 Gm Ab Come sit with me, by the hillside of the city. Gm Ab And gaze upon the houses, lighted by your fears. REFRAIN 1 Eb Gm Ab Your hunger will never be fed, until your prayers bless the bread. Eb Gm Ab Your thirst will never be quenched, until you surrender the rest. Db Ab All your fears. All your lusts. All the desires you cannot trust. Db Ab Will Drop Away. Will Drop Away, ehh. Db Ab All your sorrows. All your grief. Every pain crying for release. Db Ab Will Drop Away. Will Drop Away, ehh. CHORUS 2 Db Ab Will Drop Away. Will Drop Away, ehh. Db Ab Will Drop Away. Will Drop Away, ehh, Eb Gm Fmtacet Then your spirit will be healed. INSTRUMENTAL REPEAT VERSE 1 & CHORUS 1 TO END

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Johnny Light is a one-of-a-kind, magical man spinning his unique blend of musical medicine. For five decades, Johnny Light's music has been guided by a powerful vision of a new world of consciousness emerging into a "Golden Age" for all of humanity. His is a strong and compassionate voice for human liberation, freedom and awakening.

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released November 1, 1987

Originally mastered at Rising Star Studios in Eugene, Oregon USA under the engineering genius of Michael Cooper.

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Johnny Light (aka Pretzelman) was raised in a musical family learning classical music from 5 - 12. He started playing guitar, songwriting and performing at 12. He has performed in thousands of concerts over the last five decades. Along with other musicians he challenged the anti-busking laws bringing street music back to New Orleans in the late seventies. ... more

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