Biography:
Jake Shears (born Jason Sellards on October 3, 1977 in Arizona) is the vocalist for the American alternative music group the Scissor Sisters.
Sellards attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. When Sellards was 19, he traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to visit a classmate, who introduced him to Scott Hoffman (Babydaddy). Sellards and Hoffman hit it off immediately and, a year later, both moved to New York.
In New York, Sellards attended Eugene Lang College, where he studied fiction writing, and wrote pieces for the gay magazine HX.
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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!
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
E
Every god damn day since you left me
E
Hung me dry betrayed and you effed me
D A E
I'm bereft depressed and so confused
E
Didn't quiet understand what you wanted
E
You'd shoot down superman if you hunted
D A B
No one safe in sights you use
C#m
With red flags and shopping bags
F#
You don't spare them horses
B G# C#m
Just spare me all the grief and bitter rain
F#7
Cuz I can't handle one more night
F#7
You fill my heart with dynomite and
B7 B
Only one thing seems to keep me sane
[Chorus 1]
A
Play a sad song backwards
E
And I'll pretend that I've got you back
B
Make believe that I'm not pacing up and down these halls
A B B7 B7
Taking double fistfuls of prozac
E7 A A7
Can't take a full step forward
E
Until I make 2 in reverse
B A
I'm tired of living in this broke-down, busted, sad Joanna chours
E A E
Take me back into the verse
[Verse 2]
E
I can always try to give a little love
E
Good man always die
That never get enough
D A E
I say that's no business of mine!
E
Lord won't you come on down and try to carry me
E
I may need dose of shock therapy
D A B
Have I turned my blood into wine?
C#m F#
On all the surfaces medicinal purposes
F#
Mayday
G#
S.O.S
C#m
It's true
F#7
That I swear I'd do anything
Including get up and sing
B B
To stop me now from thinking of you
[Chorus 2]
A7 A7
Play a sad song backwards
E E
And I'll imagine that you're not gone
B A
And try to forget when I woke up at 11:10 this morning
B
I was face down on the lawn
A A7
I'll deny that I'm not binging
E E
On vodkas, red bull's and lucky strikes
Bm A
Until i glue back all the tiny little pieces scattered around of a heart
E A E C
You never broke
[Bridge]
C E E
I'll keep tryin to find my way (find my way)
D D
If you were years of heaven
C#m C#m
Then this here's ground hog day
[Chorus 3]
B
Play a sad song backwards
F#
I'll pretend I got you back
C#m B
Make believe that I'm not contemplatin going to bed tonight
C# B
On the local railroad tracks
B
Hind-sight is 20/20
But I see so clearly
F#
Love is blind
C#m B
Tell myself it's not a broken record skipping off the shelf
F# B F#
And you're last thing on my mind
[Outro]
B
Play a sad song backwards
F# C#m B
Play a sad song backwards
F#m B F#
Sad song backwards
[Verse 1]
E
Every god damn day since you left me
E
Hung me dry betrayed and you effed me
D A E
I'm bereft depressed and so confused
E
Didn't quiet understand what you wanted
E
You'd shoot down superman if you hunted
D A B
No one safe in sights you use
C#m
With red flags and shopping bags
F#
You don't spare them horses
B G# C#m
Just spare me all the grief and bitter rain
F#7
Cuz I can't handle one more night
F#7
You fill my heart with dynomite and
B7 B
Only one thing seems to keep me sane
[Chorus 1]
A
Play a sad song backwards
E
And I'll pretend that I've got you back
B
Make believe that I'm not pacing up and down these halls
A B B7 B7
Taking double fistfuls of prozac
E7 A A7
Can't take a full step forward
E
Until I make 2 in reverse
B A
I'm tired of living in this broke-down, busted, sad Joanna chours
E A E
Take me back into the verse
[Verse 2]
E
I can always try to give a little love
E
Good man always die
That never get enough
D A E
I say that's no business of mine!
E
Lord won't you come on down and try to carry me
E
I may need dose of shock therapy
D A B
Have I turned my blood into wine?
C#m F#
On all the surfaces medicinal purposes
F#
Mayday
G#
S.O.S
C#m
It's true
F#7
That I swear I'd do anything
Including get up and sing
B B
To stop me now from thinking of you
[Chorus 2]
A7 A7
Play a sad song backwards
E E
And I'll imagine that you're not gone
B A
And try to forget when I woke up at 11:10 this morning
B
I was face down on the lawn
A A7
I'll deny that I'm not binging
E E
On vodkas, red bull's and lucky strikes
Bm A
Until i glue back all the tiny little pieces scattered around of a heart
E A E C
You never broke
[Bridge]
C E E
I'll keep tryin to find my way (find my way)
D D
If you were years of heaven
C#m C#m
Then this here's ground hog day
[Chorus 3]
B
Play a sad song backwards
F#
I'll pretend I got you back
C#m B
Make believe that I'm not contemplatin going to bed tonight
C# B
On the local railroad tracks
B
Hind-sight is 20/20
But I see so clearly
F#
Love is blind
C#m B
Tell myself it's not a broken record skipping off the shelf
F# B F#
And you're last thing on my mind
[Outro]
B
Play a sad song backwards
F# C#m B
Play a sad song backwards
F#m B F#
Sad song backwards
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