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]
Fm
[Verse 1]
Fm Ab
You said to come and sort your mind
But did you mean it, Ooh, but did you mean it
Fm Ab
Then warmed the bread and poured the wine
I thought I'd seen it all, until you broke that seventh wall
[Pre-Chorus]
C
I said I'd hang on for the ride
Eb
Now I'm hanging on for dear life
C/E
Is that a real knife?
[Chorus]
Fm
Get me out of this creep city
C#
I'm flat broke and I don't need pity right now
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
Just get me out, out, out, out
Fm
All the dogs in the back been smothered
And these cats don't make good lovers
C# C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
This town's on cursed ground, ground, ground, ground
[Verse 2]
Fm
Was the judge not clear?
Just have a look at them ears
Full of ice cream sundaes
Ab
Funny no one wondered whose thumb I was under
Fm
Never gave a goddamn, I gave you 21 grand
Ab
Cause baby I love you more than the trash can
[Pre-Chorus]
C
I said I'd give it one more try
Eb
Now I'm giving up the good life
C/E
I'd make a bad wife
[Chorus]
Fm
Get me out of this creep city
C#
I'm flat broke and I don't look pretty right now
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
Just get me out, out, out, out
Fm
All the dogs in the back been smothered
And these cats don't make good lovers
C# C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
This town's on cursed ground, ground, ground, ground
[Bridge]
A Aaug F# Aaug
And if there's a sign to show me from this world back to mine
A Aaug
Or tell me you'll try, or at least please reply
F# G
Sincerely I'll be waiting, 'til I die
[Instrumental] (Verse and Pre-Chorus chords)
Fm, Ab
Fm, Ab
C, Eb, C/E
[Outro]
Fm C#
Creep city
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
No I'm never gonna [save my life?]
Fm
Sin city
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
But something is alive
Fm
[Verse 1]
Fm Ab
You said to come and sort your mind
But did you mean it, Ooh, but did you mean it
Fm Ab
Then warmed the bread and poured the wine
I thought I'd seen it all, until you broke that seventh wall
[Pre-Chorus]
C
I said I'd hang on for the ride
Eb
Now I'm hanging on for dear life
C/E
Is that a real knife?
[Chorus]
Fm
Get me out of this creep city
C#
I'm flat broke and I don't need pity right now
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
Just get me out, out, out, out
Fm
All the dogs in the back been smothered
And these cats don't make good lovers
C# C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
This town's on cursed ground, ground, ground, ground
[Verse 2]
Fm
Was the judge not clear?
Just have a look at them ears
Full of ice cream sundaes
Ab
Funny no one wondered whose thumb I was under
Fm
Never gave a goddamn, I gave you 21 grand
Ab
Cause baby I love you more than the trash can
[Pre-Chorus]
C
I said I'd give it one more try
Eb
Now I'm giving up the good life
C/E
I'd make a bad wife
[Chorus]
Fm
Get me out of this creep city
C#
I'm flat broke and I don't look pretty right now
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
Just get me out, out, out, out
Fm
All the dogs in the back been smothered
And these cats don't make good lovers
C# C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
This town's on cursed ground, ground, ground, ground
[Bridge]
A Aaug F# Aaug
And if there's a sign to show me from this world back to mine
A Aaug
Or tell me you'll try, or at least please reply
F# G
Sincerely I'll be waiting, 'til I die
[Instrumental] (Verse and Pre-Chorus chords)
Fm, Ab
Fm, Ab
C, Eb, C/E
[Outro]
Fm C#
Creep city
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
No I'm never gonna [save my life?]
Fm
Sin city
C/E C/G C/Bb C/C#
But something is alive
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Jali
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