Jawbreaker is an American punk rock band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band has its root in Los Angeles, CA, where Blake Schwarzenbach and Adam Pfahler were students at the exclusive private Crossroads High School. The band came together when they met Chris Bauermeister at New York University in 1988.
With Schwarzenbach on guitar and vocals, Bauermeister on bass, and Pfahler on drums, the band gained recognition in the late eighties
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Jawbreaker Oyster Dear You 1995 Jade Tree records Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: G - 320033 Am - x02210 Bm - x24432 C - x32010 Em - 022000 D/F# - 2x023x
Chorus 1: GAm The world is an oyster BmEmC locked in a shell GAm You like the taste of BmC it but can't take the smell
Post Chorus: G--Am--Bm--Em-C-G--Am--Bm--C--
Verse 1: Bm I can't sleep C to save my life The day is done G but I don't think D/F#EmC I got it right Bm I don't want to C kiss right now You're probably just G what I need but I D/F#EmC can't stand your mouth
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Verse 2: BmC I dot my t's and cross my i's Pretend that I can write GD/F# I haven't got a nice EmCBm thing to say about C anyone except the one Who caught me staring GD/F#EmC so I just walked away
Bridge: D No one likes to give Em themselves over C to an empty bed If you're gonna G sleep like that Am Then you might C as well be dead D But you still want Em all the covers And no hair C tickling your face
You're so proud G of your physique Am But you still C want your cake D I got it
Chorus 2: GAm The world is an oyster BmEmC locked in a shell GAm You like the taste of BmC it but can't take the smell GAm The world is an oyster BmEmC locked in a shell GAm You like the taste of BmCG(Hold) it but can't take the smell