Secondhand Serenade is a one man band from Menlo Park, California. John Vesely, 30, sings and plays guitar and piano. His music is characterized by multitrack recording so he can create the sound of a band by himself. He uses multitrack recording to create vocal harmonies, and a lead acoustic guitar over strummed chords.
After the breakup of Sounds Like Life, featuring himself and Ronnie Day, Vesely started writing and performing his songs solo under the name Secondhand Serenade.
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!
~Verse1~ CGsus4 Share with me the blankets that your wrapped in C/AGsus4 Because its cold outside (cold outside) its cold outside CGsus4 Share with me the secrets that you kept in C/AGsus4 Because its cold inside (cold inside) its cold inside
~Pre-chorus~ C (pause) And your slowly shaking finger tips Gsus4 (pause)C/A Show that your scared like me so Gsus4 Let's pretend we're alone C And I know you may be scared Gsus4 And I know we're unprepared (pause) C But I don't care
~Chorus~ C Tell me, tell me Gsus4C/A What makes you think that you are invincible? Gsus4C I can see it in your eyes that you're so sure Gsus4C/A Please don't tell me that I'm the only one that's vulnerable Gsus4 Impossible
~Verse2~ CGsus4 I was born to tell you I love you C/A Isn't that a song already? Gsus4 I get a B in originality CGsus4 And it's true I can't go on without you C/A Your smile makes me see clear Gsus4 If you could only see in the mirror what I see
Pre-chorus Chorus
~Verse3~ (Pluck) C - Gsus4 - C/AGsus4 (then strum) Slow down girl -- you're not going anywhere C Just wait around and see CGsus4C/A Maybe I am much more you never know what lies ahead Gsus4CGsus4 I promise I can be anyone, I can be anything C/AGsus4 Just because you were hurt doesn't mean you shouldn't bleed CGsus4C/AGsus4 I can be anyone, anything, I promise I can be what you need