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Songs of the Soul

by Johnny Light

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From A Single Note 03:08
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VERSE 1 C Am7 Dm7+9 G7 From a Single Note I source, creation as it blooms in Springtime, and C Am7 Dm7+9 E7 Am7 Every love I’ve ever known, is waiting for me when I do come home. REFRAIN C Am7 Dm7+9 G7 How can you forget forgetting, how can I remember remembering C Am7 Dm7+9 E7 All the mystery revealed to me, the secrets I could not tell. Am7 Dm7 G/B+D Em I could not tell you even if I knew how to Dm7+9 D7 G Especially how special you are, and you’ve always been (and you’ll always be). VERSE 2 C Am7 Dm7+9 G7 From a Single Word I say, creation in ahh, so many ways, and C Am7 Dm7+9 E7 Am7 Every moment I’ve ever lived, streams right through me in the song I give you. REPEAT REFRAIN VERSE 3 C Am7 Dm7+9 G7 From a Single Point in Space, creation revolves around and around, and C Am7 Dm7+9 E7 Am7 Greets you right where you belong, on the wheel when will you turn? VERSE 4 C Am7 Dm7+9 G7 From a Single Point in Time, the clockwork will unfold the mind, and C Am7 Dm7+9 E7 Am7 Being who will serve, on the journey when will you know me? REPEAT REFRAIN & VERSE 1 TO END
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Freedom 03:16
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CHORUS TWICE G Freedom C AT END F, Fm, G Freedom VERSE 1 G C G We’ve been living in the age of darkness, stoned cold eyes of steel Em F Am C G Out of fear comes the need to control, when will we rise up and let it go? REPEAT CHORUS TWICE VERSE 2 G C G Well, I’ve been praying for the golden age, warm smiles and eyes of soul Em F Am C G Grounded in love we build a whole new world. When will we wake up and let it be? REPEAT CHORUS TWICE VERSE 3 G C G We’re living in a mighty vision of truth, stand together in our sovereignty. Em F Am C G Heart to heart we join in unity, there will be justice and liberty! REPEAT CHORUS TWICE REPEAT CHORUS TO END G Freedom C AT END F, Fm, G Freedom
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Burns A Light 02:19
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 C C/B Am7 Am7/G She burns a light within me, Dm7 G7 Ever so brightly, C C/B Am7 Am7/G Within, my heart so deeply Dm7 G7 C I know she loves me as I am. REFRAIN Dm7 G7 C C/B As I am, a universe unfolding. Am/F# G Stars exploding, from the past. Dm7 G7 C C/B As I look, over the horizon Dm7 G7 C Watching the sunset, fading fast. VERSE 2 C C/B Am7 Am7/G He burns a light within me, Dm7 G7 Ever so brightly, C C/B Am7 Am7/G Within, my heart so deeply Dm7 G7 C I know he loves me as I am. REPEAT REFRAIN REPEAT VERSE 1 TO END
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Energy 04:59
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 Gm9/G/D D9 Gm9/G/D D9 Fdim I got Energy, pulled from space. Not bound by time, full of grace, ahh Gm9/G/D D9 Gm9/G/D D9 Fdim Let’s face it, there ain’t much time, to stop this fighting, to become One Mind, ahh Gm9/G/D D9 Start loving each other, like fathers and mothers should, Gm9/G/D D9 Fdim Gm9/G/D Like sisters and brothers. like family, family CHORUS Gm9/G/D Am9/A/E Gdim Fdim I got Energy, plenty of Energy, ahh Gm9 /G/D Am9/A/E Gdim Fdim I got Energy, inner chi, ahh Gm9/G/D Am9/A/E Gdim Fdim I got Energy, plenty of Energy, ahh Gm9/G/D Am9/A/E tacet I got Energy, there’s no shortage of Energy. VERSE 2 Gm9/G/D D9 I got Energy, direct from the sun. Gm9/G/D D9 Fdim It keeps burning and burning, imagine what could be done, ahh Gm9/G/D D9 Let’s face it, we can’t keep burning coal, Gm9/A/D D9 Fdim Or exploding nuclear reactions, just to keep out the cold. Gm9/A/D D9 Fdim Or filling up with fossil fuels, to keep us on the road, Gm9/A/D D9 Fdim ‘Cause if you want to have a planet (I do), for your children, someday. Gm9/A/D D9 Fdim Gm9/A/D You’re gonna have to think on, and change these things, change these things today. REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT VERSE 1 TO END
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Earth Angel 03:37
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INTRODUCTION CHORUS REPEAT TWICE Am7 Bm7 Em Am7 Bm7 Em You’re an Earth Angel. You’re an Earth Angel. VERSE 1 Em Am7 Bm7 Beautiful Angel. Em Am7 Bm7 Queen of my Soul. Em Am7 Bm7 Bringing the peace of the dove. Em Am7 Bm7 Em Into my heart, abundant love. VERSE 2 Em Am7 Bm7 O’ White Winged One. Em Am7 Bm7 Queen of the waterfalls. Em Am7 Bm7 Raising a chalice of wine, Em Am7 Bm7 Em Tasting the presence of the Divine. VERSE 3 Em Am7 Bm7 Sweet, Beloved Friend. Em Am7 Bm7 Lord of my Heart. Em Am7 Bm7 Singing the mystery awake. Em Am7 Bm7 Em Together we shall, fly away. REPEAT CHORUS TO END
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Golden Age 02:58
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INTRODUCTION-Capo 2 VERSE 1 Dm7 G Golden Age, getting nearer. C C/B Am7 C/G The sky is getting clearer. Dm7 G And the waters abounding C C/B Am7 C#sus In pure and clean surroundings. REFRAIN F G There's plenty for everyone C C/B Am7 C/G And everyone has their way. Dm7 G C Sun is shining warm on this Golden day. VERSE 2 Dm7 G Healing Age, mend the wounds. C C/B Am7 C/G Open up to Golden tunes. Dm7 G Within your heart lies waiting. C C/B Am7 C#sus The songs you've longed for sharing. REPEAT REFRAIN VERSE 3 Dm7 G Solar Age, a new beginning. C C/B Am7 C/G Unlimited energy we'll be winning. Dm7 G To build the world anew. C C/B Am7 C#sus Consistent with the view. REPEAT REFRAIN VERSE 4 Dm7 G Peaceful Age, no more war, C C/B Am7 C/G Sickness, famine or locked doors. Dm7 G Hopeful we'll be free again. C C/B Am7 C#sus To love and joy like the best of friends. REPEAT REFRAIN VERSE 5 Dm7 G In the New Age, hearts, minds and souls. C C/B Am7 C/G Together will unfold. Dm7 G As one race of humanity. C C/B Am7 C#sus Under One sun we'll live as family. FINAL REFRAIN F C There's plenty for everyone C C/B Am7 C/G And everyone has their way. Dm7 G C Sun is shining warm in this Golden Age. REPEAT REFRAIN 1 TO END
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Holy Way 04:45
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INTRODUCTION REPEAT CHORUS TWICE Em7+9/E/A Am7/A/E Holy Way, holy sacred way VERSE 1 Am7 Em7+9/E/A Walking in the forest, walking in a sacred way. Am7 Em7+9/E/A I bless and humble to the ground, so gently, without a sound. Am7 Em7+9/E/A I build a fire for the heat. I burn the world at my feet. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE VERSE 2 Em7+9/E/A Am7/A/E I look into the fire. I see the spark of your desire. Em7+9/E/A Am7/A/E I look into your eyes. I see the earth and the sky. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE VERSE 3 Am7 Em7+9/E/A Am7 Em7+9/E/A Redwood tree, so old and priordial. Standing tall, listening so patiently. Am7 Em7+9 tacet Am7 River flowing by, where she goes noone knows, noone knows.
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Lady Of The Ocean 01:52
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 D Dsus/C D7 Bm6 My Lady of the Ocean, I caught you dancing, on the waves A7 D A7 In summer sunlight, shimmering on skin of scarlet haze. D Dsus/C D7 Can I catch you? If I dive into the sea and drown my passion. Bm6 A7 In the waves, as they crash over me. D Dsus/C D7 Bm6 Or will you come to sit beside me? On the sandy shore and kiss me A7 D A7 When the setting sun has set the sky ablaze. Oh… REFRAIN D D7 Bm6 A7 D My Lady of the Ocean, I have dreamed of you in motion. Every single day. D7 Bm6 A7 D And lost in your eternal love, I will not find, myself again. A7 D A7 D Never to remember, the life I knew, before you came, before you came. INSTRUMENTAL TO END
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Alive 04:12
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INTRODUCTION- 4 bars VERSE 1 Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Em I couldn't be happier than being Alive in the woods. Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Em A Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Feel so home in the dusk of day. Em Dmaj7 Feel so at home now that I've found my way. Em Dmaj7 Em A Alone. Alone. Alone. Alone. Alone. Sometimes we feel alone. REFRAIN 1 Dmaj7 Em Not contrived this being alive. Dmaj7 Em I know there's a world outside my skin. A Asus A tacet I want to bring it in. Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Em A I want to bring it in. VERSE 2 Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Em I couldn't be happier than being Alive in your arms. Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Em A Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Alive. Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 Feel so at home when I'm on the road. Em Dmaj7 Feel so at home with you as my load. REPEAT REFRAIN 1 REFRAIN 2 Dmaj7 Em It's a big world out there. Dmaj7 Em Dmaj7 There's so many people. Em A And so many different ways. REPEAT REFRAIN 1 & VERSE 1 TO END
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The Other Lover 03:22
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 C#m Bm C#m Bm I am the other lover, singing deep inside. C#m Bm C#m Bm Contemplating the source of, the spark of my life. VERSE 2 C#m Bm C#m Bm You are the one that holds me, sometimes when I'm alone. C#m Bm C#m Bm E7 Rest assured there's nothing to fear, from the other lover inside. REFRAIN Abar C#m bar My other lover is the world. Bm bar E7 A creation birthed of tears. Abar C#m bar Bm bar E7 Warm sun and water in the morning. Abar C#m bar My other lover deep within Bm bar E7 Knows no fear or sin. Abar C#m bar Bm bar E7 A musical chord connecting us foreverlasting. REPEAT VERSE 1 & REFRAIN
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21st Century 02:15
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 Emaj7 C#9 E9 Twenty-First Century man. A E E7 Filling glasses full of sand. A Asus Emaj7 C#9 As time dissolves in her hand. A Asus Emaj7 Coming closer to, a little closer to an understanding. C#9 A E Combining senses into perception. B9 Emaj7 Eyes absorb wide frequency reception. A Asus Emaj7 The mind flows through unknown conception. Dmaj7 Emaj7 C#9 E9 Passing over, everyday deception. VERSE 2 Emaj7 C#9 E9 Twenty-First Century human. A E E7 When man and woman become One. A Asus Emaj7 C#9 There's another depth undiscovered, way beyond our sun. A Asus Emaj7 Many planets, many planets whose day is done. Dmaj7 tacet Emaj7 Dmaj7 F# B Emaj7 What will our Earth, our dear Mother become? FINAL REFRAIN Dmaj7 tacet Emaj7 Dmaj7 F# B Emaj7 What will our Earth, our dear Mother become?
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Drift Away 02:11
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C Cmaj7/G I can’t help but think about, a vision, of the last time I will take a breath. Fmaj7/C Cmaj7/G And the wind, will refuse me the next. Fmaj7/C Cmaj7/G Fmaj7C G6 bar Fmaj7 tacet But everything must die, and I, must wonder, what will happen REFRAIN 1 Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C When the tide goes out for the last time, and the leaves fall on my head no more. Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C G6 bar Fmaj7/C And the shore built with castles, is washed away, what can I say? Or do? REFRAIN 2 Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C When the clouds floating by pass from view, Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C And the hue of the sky fades from blue. Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C When today and all tomorrows, G6 bar Fmaj7/C Drift Away. REPEAT DRIFT AWAY TO END Cmaj7/G Fmaj7/C Drift Away. Drift Away.
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Miracle with Happy Oasis 01:36
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VOICE ACAPELLA REPEAT CHORUS TWICE We are in the presence of a miracle, many miracles every day. REPEAT VERSE 1 TWICE You are a miracle in your life. You are a miracle. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE REPEAT VERSE 2 TWICE We are a miracle in our lives. We are miracles. REPEAT CHORUS TWICE REPEAT VERSE 3 TWICE TO END I am a miracle in my life. I am a miracle.
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Thank You 03:11
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INTRODUCTION VERSE 1 Em Am7 D7/F# For this sanctuary holds the space. Em Am7 D7/F# May all who enter here receive the grace. Em Am7 D7/F# I see the holy radiance within your face Em Am7 D7/F# Shining through the presence within this place. REPEAT CHORUS FOUR TIMES Em Am7 D7/F# Thank you. VERSE 2 Em Am7 D7/F# For this place is filled with love. Em Am7 D7/F# I feel the holy presence in this heart. Em Am7 D7/F# For I live and move within you. Em Am7 D7/F# Oh how I really love this life. REPEAT CHORUS FOUR TIMES VERSE 3 Em Am7 D7/F# For we live in the simple truth of love. Em Am7 D7/F# Feeling ecstatic joy and peace of a dove. Em Am7 D7/F# Wisdom teaches us “I am” the Source. Em Am7 D7/F# You and I are forever together of course. REPEAT CHORUS TO END

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Magical musician Johnny Light spins a heartfelt blend of musical medicine. This is his sixth creation of originals, outshining even his acoustic treasures, "Golden Age,""Child and the Sage,""Fresh Wave,""Splash,""Great Love" and "Freedom."

With phenomenal performance story of over 1,500 appearances at festivals, spiritual centers, expos, homes, concert halls, yoga studios and street-side parks Johnny Light loves to inspire audiences on today's fun-lovingkindness tour with Happy Oasis. Galaxies of Gratitude to you for being the bliss as we all share our timeless wisdom of the ages.

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released May 13, 2013

This one-take wonder album was engineered in three hours at Kenny Starr's studio in Sedona, Arizona USA.

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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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