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
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!
Chords used: A - x02220 E - 022100 F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 Bm - x24432 C#m - x46654
Intro: A-F#m-C#m-- x4
Verse 1: AF#m Walked beyond C#m the fence played outside F#mA our yard F#m You took C#mF#m it hard A Through a F#mC#m one way door hinged high F#mA on doubt F#mC#mF#m No ins no outs
Refrain 1: BmC#mD I like my clothes BmC#mD Don't want to grow BmC#mD I'll wait around BmC#mD until you say go
Verse 2: AF#m The lights C#m were off F#mA when I got home F#m Black room C#mF#m blue phone AF#m Hey I know C#m your name Weren't we F#mA almost friends? F#mC#mF#m Guess that depends
Refrain 2: BmC#mD Take some benefit BmC#mD with all your doubt BmC#mD If this is principle BmC#mD I'm dropping out
Chorus 1: EF#mD You demonize A you don't D look so bad EF#mD You wouldn't take A what you couldn't DEF#m have My back is DA warm with your D friendly fire EF#m I know you're D trying Could C#m you please aim D it higher? Bm you please aim D(hold) it higher?
Post Chorus: A-F#m-C#m-- x4
Verse 3: AF#mC#m So alone I wrote F#mA I wrote this will F#mC#mF#m I will decline AF#mC#m This fish ain't big F#mA This pond is small F#mC#mF#m So small of mind
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Chorus 2: EF#mD You demonize A you don't D look so bad EF#mD You wouldn't take A what you couldn't DEF#m have My back is DA warm with your D friendly fire EF#m I know you're D trying Could C#m you please aim D it higher? Bm you please aim D(hold) EDED(hold) it higher?