Biography:
Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Buffalo, New York, April 5, 1954.
Case has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to solo acoustic performance.
In 1976, Case teamed up with Jack Lee and Paul Collins, to form early new wave band The Nerves in San Francisco. The Nerves' 1976 single, "Hanging on the Telephone", was eventually recorded by Blondie.
After The Nerves disbanded, Case moved to Los Angeles and formed pop-rock band The Plimsouls in 1980.
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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!
Artist: Peter Case
Album: Torn Again
Song: Wilderness
Tuning: Standard
G
We were marchin' down the orange plank road
Em G
when the federals first we spied.
Am G Am Am/B C
By the old wilderness tavern the armies did collide.
G Am Am/B C
Lead began to fill and whistle through the air
G Am D G
and the dead and dying piled up, their blood was everywhere.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness, I was just seventeen.
G Am D
By far the bloody angle was the worst I'd ever seen
C G
In the wilderness
G Em G
We broke in disorder and fled into the pines.
Am G Am Am/B C
Tangled in the underbrush, we couldn't find our lines.
G Am Am/B C
We faced them there for hours, till it grew too dark to fight.
G Am D G
And the groans and cries for water went unanswered in the night.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness, the early days of june.
G Am D
Lyin with the dyin, 'neath the green virginia moon.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness, where the devil tempted christ,
G Am D
Lee got on the radio and ordered up a strike.
C G
In the wilderness.
C G Am Am/B C
So we set the woods on fire, stopped them in their tracks.
C G Am Am/B C
We laughed as we saw them runnin, shot them in the backs.
C G Am Am/B C
They never saw it comin from the guns up in the trees.
G Am D
So we let them have it one more time as they fell down to their knees.
C G
In the wilderness.
instrumental
G Em D/F# G C Am/B Am D Em D/F# G F D/F# G
G Em G
I was way out in the wilderness with the stonewall brigade.
Am G Am Am/B C
The captain saw my wounds and said son prayin aint my trade.
G Am Am/B C
Jets were roarin over, we beheld the pride of mars,
G Am D G
With hearts the size of houses and eyes ablaze like stars.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness the serpent wears a crown,
G Am D
but their were angels in the treetops as I lay my body down.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness I was just seventeen,
G Am D
by far the bloody angle was the worst i'd ever see.
C G
In the wilderness.
Album: Torn Again
Song: Wilderness
Tuning: Standard
G
We were marchin' down the orange plank road
Em G
when the federals first we spied.
Am G Am Am/B C
By the old wilderness tavern the armies did collide.
G Am Am/B C
Lead began to fill and whistle through the air
G Am D G
and the dead and dying piled up, their blood was everywhere.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness, I was just seventeen.
G Am D
By far the bloody angle was the worst I'd ever seen
C G
In the wilderness
G Em G
We broke in disorder and fled into the pines.
Am G Am Am/B C
Tangled in the underbrush, we couldn't find our lines.
G Am Am/B C
We faced them there for hours, till it grew too dark to fight.
G Am D G
And the groans and cries for water went unanswered in the night.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness, the early days of june.
G Am D
Lyin with the dyin, 'neath the green virginia moon.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness, where the devil tempted christ,
G Am D
Lee got on the radio and ordered up a strike.
C G
In the wilderness.
C G Am Am/B C
So we set the woods on fire, stopped them in their tracks.
C G Am Am/B C
We laughed as we saw them runnin, shot them in the backs.
C G Am Am/B C
They never saw it comin from the guns up in the trees.
G Am D
So we let them have it one more time as they fell down to their knees.
C G
In the wilderness.
instrumental
G Em D/F# G C Am/B Am D Em D/F# G F D/F# G
G Em G
I was way out in the wilderness with the stonewall brigade.
Am G Am Am/B C
The captain saw my wounds and said son prayin aint my trade.
G Am Am/B C
Jets were roarin over, we beheld the pride of mars,
G Am D G
With hearts the size of houses and eyes ablaze like stars.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness the serpent wears a crown,
G Am D
but their were angels in the treetops as I lay my body down.
C G Am Am/B C
In the wilderness I was just seventeen,
G Am D
by far the bloody angle was the worst i'd ever see.
C G
In the wilderness.
