1. |
book of birds
04:16
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book of birds........ august 2017, m.peragine revised Dec. 29,17 intro: Bb F C G D# Bb A G#
1.D F#m C G rain keeps falling down today, sun keeps shining beyond the grey
Gm D Em A birds keep singing their songs of old, their story will be told D F#m C G Darwin wrote it down the first, song birds sing in measured verse Bb F Gm C they keep on singing the seasons long, treetops filled with song 2.D F#m C G In the shade of the noon day sun, thoughts are focused on everyone
Gm D EmA that found their way here among the pines to find some peace of mind D F#m C G So many roads that one can go, the mountain high the valley low Bb F Gm C then in the midst of a raging stream, I stepped into a dream BbFC GD#BbF, Far above humanity birds sore and reign eternally led by crows G# D# Bb F C# G#G F# Far above humanity birds sing and reign eternally led by crows
3.D F#m C G So many shades of green appear, water falls and divides the air
Gm D Em A rusing downward just as it may, it always finds its way D F#m C G The air is peaceful all around, in the silence there’s a far off sound Bb F Gm C a sudden wind blows with bolts of light, sending birds in flight BbFC GD#BbF, Far above humanity birds sore and reign eternally led by crows G# D# Bb F C# G#G F# Far above humanity birds sing and reign eternally led by crows soloDF#mCGGmD EmADF#m CGBbFG#mC D outro: Bb F C G D# Bb A G#
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2. |
wyatt's high
05:05
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wyatt’s high m.peragine
capo 2 rev June 8th 2016
intro: B open G open A open F# open repeat
B open G open A open F# open repeat
B open G open B open A open
If I put this sadness behind me, If I learned to live without fear
D open C open D open C open B open
If you won’t stop believing, If you show me so I’d realize
G open F# open
Still I know it’s just a chord and there’s no way to underscore the why
G open F# open
It leads me to no other choice and so I keep on asking why its high
D open C open D open C open B open
If you won’t stop believing, If you show me so I’d realize
B open G open A open F# open
B open G open B open A open
If I close my eyes and could feel you, If I always new you were near
D open C open D open C open B open
If you talk to me when I’m lonely, if you show me why I keep playing this song
G open F# open
Still I know it’s just one chord and there’s no way to underscore the why
G open F# open
It leads me to no other choice and so I keep on asking why its high
D open C open D open C open B open
If you talk to me when I’m lonely, if you show me why I keep playing this song
solo
G open F# open G F# open
D open C open D open C open
outro B open G open B open G open B open G open B
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3. |
the scientists
02:54
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the scientists july 2013 words+music: marcel peragine hamburg
artist: eastern rain copyright: SUISA, CH
introriff C#m C A E F# F
1.
Em Eb C
A notion came to me its very much alive...comes down to knowing
G B Em
if weʼre able to survive... and if the answer lies a way up in the sky
F# F
I hope the scientists are working overtime
2.
C#m C A E G# C#m F# F
We lost the passion and the will to look around...spent so much precious time
like dead wood on the ground..The systems broken and the logics hard to find
That’s why the scientists keep running out of time
3.
Em Eb C
Too blind to notice thereʼll be fewer times around the world we knew back then
G B Em
no longer can be found if there’s a ray of light deep in our childrenʼs eyes
F# F
theyʼll be the scientists working overtime
Solo 1 + modulation
C#m C A E G# C#m F# B
Em Eb C G B E m A B
3.
Em Eb C
Itʼs all been said before our greed just wonʼt run dry mother nature will survive
G B Em
to this iʼll testify.. her beauty knows no bounds and no one will deny
F# F
Thatʼs why the scientists keep working overtime.............
outroriff C#m C A E G# C#m F# F
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4. |
nobody's blues
03:24
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Got nobody’s blues..but mine m.peragine/1/2014 - SUISA,CH
intro: riff Bbm F# D#m F
1. Bbm D#m F# F
Nobody’s fool, though it seems like I must be insane
Bbm F# D#m F
came all to soon, nothing left but the sorrow and shame
bridge: riff F# C# Cm F
2. Bbm D#m F# F
Nobody’s fool, workin hard at being part of the game
Bbm F# D#m F
act like a fool, and there’ll only be the stars that remain
change:
G# D# Bb F
It takes the night to revive again walking along the river
F# C#
the city lights strung like diamonds that shine
Cm F
got nobody’s blues but mine
solo: G# D# Bb F F# C# Cm F
3. Bbm D#m F# F
Nobody’s fool, one more year of learning how to explain
Bbm F# D#m F
too little room, got no choice but stand alone in the rain
change:
G# D# Bb F
It takes the night to revive again walking along the river
F# C#
the city lights strung like diamonds that shine
Cm F
got nobody’s blues but mine……
outr: riff F# C# G# D# E B B#m D#
G#m E C#m D# ///////
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5. |
fate slides into freedom
04:16
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fate slides into freedom feb. 13, 2015,hh words and music: r.w. emerson, m. peragine, artist: eastern rain
intro-riff F#m Dm F E 1.
A Dm Itʼs not the first time that weʼre reaching out to you
A F#m wonʼt be the last time...you know that itʼs so true
FE fate slides into freedom freedom slides into fate
Dm E all things that change tomorrow history creates
change: F#m Dm
If thoughts can set us free..... so does moral sentiment F#m Dm
although the light keeps shinning... thereʼs still bewilderment FE fate slides into freedom freedom slides into fate
Dm E all things that change tomorrow history creates
2. A Dm when truth comes to your mind it suddenly expands
A F#m to prophesize about nature and the countless grains of sand FE space slides into wisdom slides into space
Dm E all of the pain and sorrow compassion will replace
change: F#m Dm
if life is made of power, elements and form F#m Dm
so many books were written so many got it wrong FE space slides into wisdom slides into space
Dm E all of the pain and sorrow compassion will replace
solo:(harp)ADmAF#mFEDmE,(LeadGit)F#m F D CD#BbFE ADmAF#mFEDmE F#m Dm F#m Dm F E
repeat vocal verse 1 + change + outro F#m Dm F E
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6. |
making sense somehow
03:04
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making sense somehow__ m.peragine/k.fieler/rev_6/2014
intro: riff E D G C Bm E A G C F F#
1. Bm F#m
Too many colors that remind me of the blues
D F
Too many words of mine have been so misconstrued
C G
with all the ideas coming down to just one truth
A F C F F#
start making sense somehow……
Change: Bm F
don’t believe the news that never aims to stop
C G
It’s only purpose is to stay up on the top
A F
how many reasons do you need to say you’re not
C Em D
making sense somehow……
Bridge: G# F C#
why must we all live this lie
A F# D
with out stretched arms that reach so high
A# G D#
that don’t dismiss the will to try
A F C F
and making sense somehow…..
SOLO A# D# G# C# E D G C Bm E A G C F F#
REPEAT VERSE 1. WITHOUT F# AT END
solo + outro: G# C# A# D# E D G C Bm E A G C F A# D#
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7. |
lazy planet
03:54
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Lazy Planet Nov. 2013 words+music: marcel peragine hamburg
intro riff B C# F# Bbm Eb
G#m C# F# Bbm Ebm
A spec of sand the time at hand
Bm C# F#
take one last look no longer in command
G#m C# F# Bbm Ebm
we lived so high so deep and wide
Bm C# F# F#7
no moral place left where anyone can hide
B C# Eb
now we’re so sorry we missed the boat somehow
B C# F# F’#7
while all the wise men were running out of time
B C# Eb
they say we’re lazy egocentric too
B C# Ebm F#7
while all the wise men were running out of time
B C# Eb
while all the wise men were running out of time
Solo x 2
G#m C# F# Bbm Ebm Bm C# F# F#7
G#m C# F# Bbm Ebm Bm C# Eb
B C# Eb
now we’re so sorry we missed the boat somehow
B C# F# F#7
while all the wise men were running out of time
B C# Eb
they say we’re lazy egocentric too
B C# Ebm F#7
whiie all the wise men were running out of time
B C# Eb
while all the wise men were running out of time
Solo
G#m C# F# Bbm Ebm
Bm C# F# F7
G#m C# F# Bbm Ebm
Bm C# Eb
G#m C# B C# Eb
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8. |
rise up
03:08
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RISE UP words+music: marcel peragine 8/2012-hamburg C = D without capo on 2nd frett intro FCD#BbC#G#G C G Am F G
1. CGAm F Am Time goes and as we stop to contemplate the reasons
Dm C# there so much more to explain, why does the sky look like rain
DG and the heavens above seem like a dream
2. CGAm F Am Wake up and turn on the lights to check the seasons Dm C# the room just floats on a cloud, why is this silence so loud D G G7 and is the meaning of love no more than it seems
solo CG Am F G Gx2 DmGCEmAmD#BbFG
3. CGAm F Am Is needing and fighting to be free a form of treason Dm D# so rise up off from the floor and gently open the door D GF D#BbG take the flight of a dove and know what it means
outro C G Am F G
open position intro: GDFCD#BbA DACmG A verse: D A Cm G Cm Em D# E A (2ndverseendsonA7) solo: DACmGA2xEmADA7CmFCGA
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9. |
to have to hold
03:33
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TO HAVE TO HOLD words+music: marcel peragine 8/2011-hamburg CAPO 2ND FRET intro A ///// A //// A ///// A ///// riff 1.
G F# Em D Ariff To have to hold to need to float on air G F# Em D Ariff to whisper those sweet nothings in her ear
change CGDA reminiscent of the past we hope our love may always last CGE fallin back on what we canʼt deny
FCGD And after all that was said comes true, and all the work we still need to do F C A riff with her eyes closed her mind speaks to you 2. G F# Em D Ariff Your blind when you think she would never fight G F# Em D Ariff and all the times you thought you got it right
change CGDA might get naughty when the lights go out holdin on until there ainʼt no doubt CGE fallin back on what we canʼt deny
FCGD And after all that was said comes true, and all the work we still need to do FCA with her eyes closed her mind speaks to you
SOLO verse + sing 2nd part of 2 nd change on F +
And in the morning when the sky turns blue....weʼll discover that its all brand new.... with her eyes closed her mind speaks to you.
OPEN POSITION intro: B //// B ////// B ///// B /////// verse: A G# F#m E B x2 change:D A E B
D A F# GDAE GDB
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10. |
two guitars
03:23
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two guitars words+music: lorenz/peragine hamburg sept. 2013 introriff Fm# E D C B
1. Gm# F# E water falls the timeless wall that bends
Gm# F# E ancient halls transcending all that ends
D C# and all the world plays just one lonely note
D C# that sails through space just like a boat
2. Gm# F# E so far from home so rest your weary soul
Gm# F# E all through the night the cosmic storm blows cold
D C# thereʼs nothing wrong with feeling blue tonight
D C# thereʼs nothing wrong when it feels right
solo repeat verse + change 3. Gm# F# E time recalls the fragile child that falls
Gm# F# E and gets back up and tries to stand so tall
D C# and all the world plays just one lonely note
D C# that sails through space just like a boat
Bm A thereʼs nothing wrong with feeling blue tonight
Gm# F# E thereʼs nothing wrong when it feels right
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11. |
waiting with love
04:04
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waiting with love m.peragine/11/2014
intro: riff F# E Ebm E Em B Bb
1. G#m G
So once again you reach inside while knowing it’s a place to hide
B E
your running cause you just don’t want to fight
F# E
look thru glass the window pane the world outside remains the same
Ebm E
the seasons that now are gone.
2. G#m G
Looking down this empty road searching for the secret code
B E
just standing cause the plan has gone awry
F# E
and way off course for many miles you see the earth and as she smiles
Ebm E
you’ve bin this way before.
chorus E F#
and kicking thru the falling leaves and waiting out amongst the trees
B E Em
you listen cause she just might call you home
B Bb
I’ll be here just waiting with love………………
solo G#m G B E F# E Ebm E Em B Bb
3. G#m G
Feeling like a rollin round, swinging into someones town
B E
painting lines that no one else will see
F# E
and if I ever could believe that someone else’s obliged to me
Ebm E
while knowing the snow will fall.
ext chorus E F#
looking down from above on wings, and making lists of all the things
B E Em
I’m thinking but never bound to see.
B Bb Em B Bb Em
but we’re workin hard to see the love, to help us shine and rise above
B Bb G#m
with all the places that I go, ideas are still a glow embodied in the
E B Bb
souls for all eternity to know, each time we’re gonna find in someone
G#m E Em
elses eyes rising to the moment cause the time is right
B Bb G#m E Em B Bb
I’ll be here just waiting with love, I’ll be there just waiting
outro G#m G B E F# E Ebm E Em B
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12. |
wrong about you
03:33
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WRONG ABOUT YOU - THEN words+music: marcel peragine 12/2012-hamburg
Am with capo on 2nd fret
intro riff with bass run 2 x Hold Am open position with bass run G F# F
1 AmbassrunG F# F Amrun I was tryin to tell the world there was nothing wrong with me but that was just a lie
Am bass run G F# F Am run with all the fancy words I tried, to turn the tide against the times, I felt so blue
Ambassrun G F# F Am run In winter time the piles of trees a lying there reminded me about the storm that blew
Ambassrun G F# F Am run Between the bricks the cars and tires,and tons of sand the raging fires, I needed you
change FE
The sea pulled back and the lights came on again Ambassrun G F# F F E Amrun
you know it help me face up to the truth... (4x Yes I was wrong about you).....Then
2.Ambassrun G F# F Amrun Thereʼs a light inside thatʼs tied to why we fly and try to find the meaning of
Ambassrun G F# F Amrun Walk for miles see faded smiles that donʼt comply to sun lit skys so I refer to love
Ambassrun G F# F Though it seems insane cause thereʼs so much pain like a speeding train off the cliff
Am run again...and you close your eyes
Ambassrun G F# F Amrun The colors flare red white and blue a telling you to just stay cool donʼt blow your mind
change F EAmGF#F And suddenly now when thereʼs time enough.. to sit back and contemplate the truth F EAmGF#F No longer blind to the state that weʼre in and when everyone says they always knew
F E 3xHoldAm openposition withbassrun G F# F ... (4x Yes I was wrong about you).....Then
OPEN POSITION verse Bm A G# G change G F#
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13. |
break in half
03:24
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break in half m.peragine/8/2016 eastern rain arrangement capo 2 rev. Jan. 2017
intro: riff A G D B7 1.A G Looking at the lines she draws and how she tends to move
D C# The lion lays there motionless has nothing left to prove
GB and step by step she walks on air and doesn’t mean to choose
EAD She’s brave enough to stand alone, he seemed so unaware
ED and carries on as if she wasn’t there. 2.A G I did never want to go, I just never never want to fight,
D C# but as I looked up in the sky the stars were bright that night
GB I told my baby we’ve got time there’s plenty left to use
EAD She’s brave enough to stand alone, he seemed so unaware
ED and carries on as if she wasn’t there.
mod. A D G and now she knows she’s on her own it’s time now to take care
AG and carry on although he isn’t there.
SOLO Bridge: C#m G#m B#m F#m G B EADEDF EAD
She’s brave enough to stand alone, he seemed so unaware ED
and carries on as if she wasn’t there. 3.A G She wanders around and strums her tune and learns again to laugh
D C# writes down the words she really means before they break in half
GB and now and then she thinks of him not able to reform
EAD was it her that made the call, he seemed so unaware
ED and carries on although he isn’t there. SOLO Bridge: C#m G#m B#m F#m
E A D E D, A D G A G, F#m B,
G B A G D B,
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brand-new plan
04:11
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Brand new plan m.peragine/5/2015 eastern rain arrangement rev July 28
intro: riff E C#m C A
1.E B C#m A Woke up this morning with a brand new plan, slow down the rhythm if I only can
E C#m A For now I made a promise to find another way, I’d like to see you baby
C E C#m but it may not be today, you know we best believe it something has
AC got to change been burning at both ends now and it’s time to set the stage
EB C#mC Out on the street...... stand on your feet......
E C#m A For now I made a promise to change my life somehow, I’d like to see you baby
C E C#m but not able just right now, you know we best believe it someone has
AC got to change been burning at both ends now and we’re filled with so much rage
bridge E B C#m A E C#m C A
2. E B We sure did get a warning about he endless rain, and never seemed to notice
A it was made in vain
E C#m A We should now make a promise so easy just to say, it’s time to come together
C EBC#mC not look the other way...
E C#m You know you best believe it god’s children need to change
AC and though I love you baby still we need to turn this page
E B C#m C Out on the street...... stand on your feet......
E C#m A We should now make a promise so easy just to say, It’s time to come together
C E C#m not waste another day you know you best believe it god’s children need to change
AC and though I love you baby still we got to turn this page
E B C#m A E C#m C A E C#m A C E B C#m A E C#m C A E
C#m
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eastern rain Hamburg, Germany
Participants:
Klaus Frieler-bass, keyboards, drums
Gunther Thoenes-
drums
Roman Lorenz-lead guitar/vocals, keyboards
Marcel Peragine-rhythm guitar, vocals, harps, keyboards
Gary Meeko-drums
Tommy Zomerfeld-
drums
Perrito Caliente drums
writers:
Lorenz/Peragine gema/suisa 1997-2023
engineers: Josko, Julia Rieck, Renne Studtmann, Roman Lorenz, Gunther Thoenes
all records made in germany
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