Secondhand Serenade es un proyecto solitario compuesto por John Vesely, de Menlo Park, California, quién canta y toca la guitarra y el piano. Su música se compone de multipistas que, juntas, componen el sonido de una banda. El Nombre de la banda, Secondhand, se refiere a que su esposa, Candice, oye todas las canciones "de primera mano". Siendo así, para los oyentes de su música es la Serenata de Segunda mano (Secondhand Serenade).
En 2004, Vesely salió del grupo de rock alternativo Sounds Like Life
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
1. Like a Knife 2. Fall for You 3. Maybe 4. Stranger 5. Your Call 6. Suppose 7. Twist in My Story 8. Why 9. Stay Close, Don't Go 10. Pretend 11. Goodbye
1.) Like a Knife
Intro: E – B- C#m - A
C#m I dream a lot, I know you say
A I’ve got to get away
E The world is not yours for the taking
B Is all you ever say
C#m I know I’m not the best for you
A But promise that you’ll stay
E Cause if I watch you go
You’ll see me wasting B You’ll see me wasting away
Chorus: E ‘Cause today
B You walked out of my life C#m ‘Cause today A Your words felt like a knife C#m – A – E - B I’m not living this life
C#m Goodbyes are meant for lonely people
A Standing in the rain
E And no matter where I go
B It’s always pouring all the same
C#m These streets are filled with memories
A Both perfect and in pain
E And all I wanna do is love you
B But I’m the only one to blame
(Chorus)
B But what do I know if you’re leaving
All you did was stop the bleeding
C#m But these scars will stay forever
These scars will stay forever
B And these words they have no meaning
If we cannot find the feeling
A That we held on to together
Try your hardest to remember
E Stay with me
B Or watch me bleed
C#mA I need you just to breathe
(Chorus)
End: E – B – C#m – A - E
2.) Fall For You
Verse 1:
AmF The best thing about tonight’s that we’re not fighting
CG It couldn’t be that we have been this way before
AmF I know you don’t think that I am trying
CG I know you’re wearing thin down to the cor
FG But hold your breath
Chorus:
CAm Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
F Over again G Don’t make me change my mind
C I won’t live to see another day
Am I swear its true
FG Because a girl like you is impossible to find
AmFCG You’re impossible to find
Verse 2:
AmF This is not what I intended
CG I always swore to you that I would never fall apart
AmF You always thought that I was stronger
C I may have failed
G But I have loved you from the start
FG Oh, But hold your breath
Chorus:
CAm Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
F Over again
G Don’t make me change my mind
C I won’t live to see another day
Am I swear its true
FG Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible
Bridge:
AmFC So breathe in so deep
GAm Breathe me in
FC I’m yours to keep
GAm And hold onto your words
FC ‘Cause talk is cheap
GF And remember me tonight
When you’re asleep
Chorus:
CAm Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
F Over again
G Don’t make me change my mind
C Or I won’t live to see another day
Am I swear its true
FG Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Chorus:
CAm Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
F Over again G Don’t make me change my mind
C I won’t live to see another day
Am I swear it’s true
FG Because a girl like you is impossible to find
(C) You’re impossible to find
3.) Maybe
Intro:
AE Didn't you want to hear
A7 the sound of all the places we could go
Ab Do you fear
A the expressions on the faces we don't know
E It's a cold hard road when you wake up
Ab and I don't think that I
A7A Have the strength to let you go
Chorus: E-Ab-A7-A E-Ab-A7-Ab-A
EAb Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
A7A that everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
EAb And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
A7AbA makes me wish that I was never brought into this place
Verse2: E There goes my ring
A7 It might as well have been shattered
Ab and I'm here to sing
A about the things that mattered
E about the things that made us feel alive for oh so long
AbA7A about the things that kept you on my side when I was wrong
Chorus: E-Ab-A7-A E-Ab-A7-Ab-A
EAb Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
A7A that everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
EAb And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
A7AbA makes me wish that I was never brought into this place
Bridge:
A7AbA And someday, I promise I'll be gone
A7AbA And someday, I might even sing this song
A7AbA To you, I might even sing this song, to you
EAb and I was crying alone tonight
E and I was wasting all of my life just thinking of you
A7Ab So just come back we'll make it better
A So Just come back I'll make it
A7AbA better than it ever was x2
Chorus: E-Ab-A7-A E-Ab-A7-Ab-A
EAb Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
A7A that everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
EAb And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
A7AbA makes me wish that I was never brought into this place
EAb Maybe it's just me, Couldn't you believe
A7A that everything I said and did, wasn't just deceiving
EAb And the tear in your eye, and your calm hard face
A7AbA makes me wish that I was never brought into this place
(end on) E Maybe it's just me..
4.) Stranger
Verse 1:
C turn around
CF turn around and fix your eye in my direction
F so there is a connection
C i can speak
CF i can make a sound to somehow capture your attention
FDm i'm staring at perfection
G take a look at me so you can see
chorus:
CG you call me a stranger
Dm you say i'm a danger
FGC but all these thoughts are leaving you tonight
G i'm broken and bended
Dm you are an angel
FG making all my dreams come true tonight
C-F-C-F
verse 2:
C i'm confident
C but i can't pretend
F i wasn't terrified to meet you
F i knew you could see right through me
C i saw my light flash right before my very eyes
F and i need just what we turn into
FDm i was hoping that you could see
G take a look at me so you can see
(repeat chorus)
FGF you are an angel
G making all my dreams come true tonight
CF take a look at me so you can see how beautiful you are...
GC take a look at me so you can see how beautiful you are... (2x)
CG your beauty seems so far away
FG i'll have to write a thousand songs to make you comprehend
C how beautiful you are
G i know that i can't make you stay
F but i will give my final breath
G to make you understand
F how beautiful you are
G understand how beautiful you are..
repeat chorus
CG you call me a stranger.. (oohh..)
F you say i'm a danger
CG - F - G you call me a stranger..
5.) Your Call
-Verse 1-
CDEm Waiting for your call, I'm sick, call I'm angry
CD call I'm desperate for your voice
EmC listening to the song we used to sing
DEm In the car, do you remember
C Butterfly, Early Summer
- Em-D-C It's playing on repeat, Just like when we would meet
CD - Em Like when we would meet
-Chorus-
G - DEmC I was born to tell you I love you
G - DEmC and I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
(C) Stay with me tonight
-Verse 2-
CDEm Stripped and pollished, I am new, I am fresh
CDEm I am feeling so ambitious, you and me, flesh to flesh
CD Because every breath that you will take
Em while you are sitting next to me
CDEm will bring life into my deepest hopes, What's your fantasy?