The Balance Album chords by Catfish And The Bottlemen
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 1. Longshot 2. Fluctuate 3. 2all 4. Conversation 5. Sidetrack 6. Encore 7. Basically 8. Intermission 9. Mission 10. Coincide 11. Overlap
1. Longshot
Verse 1:
Em G
Go, ahead and tell me you got all you want, fiver says you're wrong
Em G
And I suppose you've come down to help me move things along
Pre-Chorus:
G C
And we lapped it up I'm wise enough to know
Em G D
How it goes to get me honey
C
Wise enough to know
Em G D
How it goes to get me honey
C D
Cause we know this feeling all a little too well
Chorus:
C G D
Listen, the distance between us, could of took a while
C G D
Once we close that difference, you turn up like a friend of mine
C G D C G
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile as if
A7
One of our longshots paid off, one of our longshots paid off
Verse 2:
Em G
So yeah go ahead and tell me something real come on how'd you feel?
Em G
And I suppose you've come down to help me add scenes the reel, to the reel
Pre-Chorus:
G C
And we lapped it up I'm wise enough to know
Em G D
How it goes to get me honey
C
We're wise enough to know
Em G D
How it goes to get me honey
C D
Cause we know this feeling all a little too well
Chorus:
C G D
Listen, the distance between us, could of took a while
C G D
Once we close that difference, you turn up like a friend of mine
C G D C G
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile as if
A7
One of our longshots paid off, one of our longshots paid off
Bridge:
Bm D C
And its by-the-by
C D Em
If it makes those nights fly
G D Am
When we're side by side again
Am
And now, we’re all careless and loved up
Am
You know exactly how it goes
Em G
When you’re giving us all kind of reasons for my head to go
G Em
Follow the heart I believe in, 'cause one of us must know
Em G
When you're giving us all kind of reasons for my head to go
G C
Follow the heart I believe in, ‘cause in the past it's done me good
C C7
So good, so good, so good
Chorus:
Em G C
Listen, the distance between us, could of took a while
Em G C
Once we close that difference, you turn up like a friend of mine
Em G C Em G
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile as if
A7
One of our longshots paid off
C G D
Listen, the distance between us, could of took a while
C G D
Once we close that difference, you turn up like a friend of mine
C G D C G
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile as if
A7
One of our longshots paid off, one of our longshots paid off, one of our
longshots paid off
2. Fluctuate Capo on 3rd:
Fm
I push back all my plans, you stayed up christ I love it
A
And I'd write off every chance that I've ever had with someone
Fm
If should this means the start, you switch my faith then phone off
A
Just sat there sifting through my demos that I’ve never had with someone.
Pre-chorus:
C E Am
Why pass all the times? When disciplines left me
F
They left me with you
Chorus:
Am C
Here's to the nights we'd come in having lost all judgement
F
And those dreams that we made would remind me of the ways
Am C
In which the nights off come in and you were round mine singing
F
And you act out the lines with an arm up to the sky
Verse 2:
Am C
I pushed back all my plans, 'cause you waited up christ I love you
F
And I’d write off every glance that I’ve ever had with someone
Am C
If should this mean the start, you switch my faith now phone off
F
Just sat there sifting through my b-sides that I’ve never had with someone
Pre-chorus:
C E Am
Why pass all the times? The disciplines lead me
F
They lead me to you.
Chorus:
Am C
Here's to the nights we'd come in having lost all judgement
F
And those dreams that we made would remind me of the ways
Am C
In which the nights off come in and you were round mine singing
F
And you act out the lines with an arm up to the sky
Bridge:
Am C
So pull the love over my eyes, 'cause I fluctuate about you
F E
If you’re a blessing in disguise how did I realise?
Am C
So pull the love over my eyes, 'cause I fluctuate about you
F E
If you’re a blessing in disguise how did I realise? How did I realise?
Solo:
F Dm Am G F
Chorus:
Am C
Here's to the nights we'd come in having lost all judgement
F E
And those dreams would remind me of the ways.
Am C
In which the nights I'd come in and you were round mine singing
F E
How did I realise? How did I?
3. 2all Capo on 3rd:
G G/F# Em
This someone said
C D
Life got led
G G/F# Em
By peo-ple who
C D
Just wanna flood your head
G G/F# Em
And I’d have probably second guessed
C D
Everything that was said
G G/F# Em
But it fits you at the time
C D
To fall for every line
Chorus:
G
They said I give my love to all
C Em
All the ones that stuck around
D
The ones I counted on when I needed to get out
G
And I share my love with all
C Em
All the people that come round
D
When I’ve lost count of all things dragging us to ground
Verse 2:
G G/F# Em
This someone said
C C/B Am
Life got led
G G/F# Em
By peo-ple who
C C/B Am
Just wanna fuck with my head
D Cadd9 Bm
And I’d have probably second guessed
Em Bm Am
Yes I’d have kept my wits about me
G G/F# Em
But it fits you at the time
C C/B Am
To fall for every line
Chorus:
G
They said I give my love to all
C Em
All the ones that stuck around
D
The ones I counted on when I needed to get out
G
And I share my love with all
C Em
All the people that come round
D
When I’ve lost count of all things dragging us to ground
Bridge:
C B7 Em
Oh, convinced me every time
A7
That I needed fooling
C B7 Em
So that I’d go and get it right
Solo:
G C Em
C Em D
Chorus:
G
They said I give my love to all, all the ones that stuck around
Em
The ones I counted on when I needed to get out
C
And I share my love with all
Am
All the people that come round
Outro:
C B7 Em
Oh, convinced me every time
A7
That I needed fooling
C B7 Em
So that I’d go and get it right
C B7 Em
Yeah somewhere they convinced me down the line
A7
When I needed fooling
C B7 Em
So that I’d go and get it right
4. Conversation Capo on 4th:
G
I'd love to find myself
C
Looking straight up to you for the answers
G
For when I've found myself
C
Wrapped up in my own little world
Pre-Chorus:
Em B7
Cause you tell me to get through tomorrow
G A C
'cause you know how it feels
Yes, you know how it feels
Chorus:
Em G C
When the perfect conversation
Looks you in the eyes
Em G C
And says they get what you've been saying
This whole time
Em G Am
You can look for confirmation
All your life
Em G C
But you ain't gonna find much better than this
Verse 2:
G
You stood beside myself
C
When everything lacked momentum
G
You stood beside myself
C
When I needed somebody who knows
Pre-Chorus:
Em B7
Who knows just how to tell me how to get through tomorrow
G A C
'Cause they know how it feels
Yes, they know how it feels
Chorus:
Em G C
When the perfect conversation
Looks you in the eyes
Em G C
And says they get what you've been saying
This whole time
Em G Am
You can look for confirmation
All your life
Em G C
But you ain't gonna find much better than this
Bridge:
Am D
And I know, after all that's gone on
Am D
There's no, comparing us at all
C D Em
How did you expect me to leave it
C D Em
When you know me more than I know myself
C D Em
The minute you're up for it I mean it
C D Em
We'll find a little moment in time
C D
To set up somewhere different for a while
Chorus:
Em G C
When the perfect conversation
Looks you in the eyes
Em G C
And says they get what you've been saying
This whole time
Em G Am
You can look for confirmation
All your life
Em G C
But you ain't gonna find aint gonna find, much better than this
Chorus:
Em G C
When the perfect conversation
Sheds a little light
Em G C
And says they get what you've been saying
This entire time
Em G Am
You can look for confirmation
All that ya like
Em G C
But you ain't gonna find ain't gonna find it
Outro:
Em G C
Em G C
Em G Am
Em G C
5. Sidetrack Capo on 2nd:
Am Em Am
I dart, off a plane
Am Em Am
As if you're holding up a card with my second name
Am Em Am Am Em Am
For a start, Will you wait for me?
Am Em Am
Cause the dri-ver insist
Am Em Am
That if we're gonna duck the traffic then we take the bridge
Am Em Am Am Em Am
So we do, Will you wait for me?
Pre Chorus:
F
When I think about it
Everything about it
G
That's led me up your drive again
F
Saying I
G
I should be everything you want
Chorus:
Am
Now I'm not being sidetracked
C
By all that's been asked of me
D7
Yes I'll be needing that life back
F G
Before I'm feeling the backlash
Verse 2:
Am Em Am
You could try shifting blame
Am Em Am
But if I try to to talk to God and she's forgot your name
Am Em Am
You won't get through
Am Em Am
Will you wait for me
Am Em Am
And the driv-er insisted
Am Em Am
That we took the quickest route but God I'm not convinced
Am Em Am
Now that's through
Am Em Am
I'm five away from you
Pre-Chorus:
F
When I think about it
Everything about it
G
That's led me up your drive again
F
Saying I
G
I should be everything you want
Chorus:
Am
Now I'm not being sidetracked
C
By all that's been asked of me
D7
Yes I'll be needing that life back
F G
Before I'm feeling the backlash
Am
Of going mad at the prospect
C
Of you throwing love at me
D7
And you're not feeling the exact
F
Same feelings from me back
G
Yeah, fuck that
Bridge:
Am C
For all I know I always tried to meet you A.S.A.P, Why?
D7
Cause nothing's ever good
F G
If there's nothing on the line
Chorus:
N.C. Am
And now I'm not being sidetracked
C
By all that's been asked of me
D7
Yes I'll be needing that life back
F G
And I'm not feeling the backlash
Am
I still go mad at the prospect
C
Of you throwing love at me
D7
And you're not feeling the exact
F
Same feelings from me back
G
Yeah, fuck that
Am Em Am x8
6. Encore Capo on 4th:
Verse 1:
Am
I suppose that life goes
C F Am
The way that it goes and you'll notice it gets better
C F
Each time, that you're mine
G Am
So once you're done, come get us
G G7
There's always something I can do
Chorus:
F G Am
And trust me, when gotten right
F G
We're tenfold, to that same old, plain routine
Am
From night to night
F G Am
And trust me, it feels like an uproar in encore
F G Am
You ask for me to walk that line
Verse 2:
Am
I suppose that life goes
C F
The way it goes
Am C F
And you'll notice you get fed up pretty quick these days
G Am
So once you're done come get us
G G7
There's always something I can do
Chorus:
F G Am
And trust me, when gotten right
F G
We're tenfold, to that same old, plain routine
Am
From night to night
F G Am
And trust me, it feels like an uproar in an encore
F G Am
You ask for me to walk that line
Bridge:
C F Em C
So tell me when you're worked up
F Em C
Take over my whole week
F Em C
'Cause I'm only here playing up
F Em C
So that I can come and fall at your feet
F Em C
Tell me when you're worked up
F Em C
Take over my whole week
F Em C
'Cause I'm only here playing up
F Em G Am
So that I can come and fall at your feet
G C
There's always something I can do
Chorus:
F G Am
And trust me, when gotten right
F G
We're tenfold, to that same old, plain routine
Am
From night to night
F G Am
And trust me, it feels like an uproar in encore
F G Am
You ask for me to walk that line
7. Basically
Intro:
Bm
Verse 1:
Em D
Textbook, I tried to clean the house before you woke up
Em
I left recording finishing the same hook
D
I was singing when we come in from dinner
Em D
And there's a tune on that's slightly reminiscent of an old song
Em
That my father used to play when he was on one
D
He said I act just like him
Chorus:
C
And basically
Em
I do this all the time
C Em
'Cause lately we seem have it right
G
Yeah when I've finally found the place
B C
I said I'll get you round
G B C
Talk to all the things you thought that I forget about
G B C
Nothing's really changed between then and now
G B C
Try to play this off like it's not all you think about
Verse 2:
Em D
Textbook, I tried to count my blessings in the lift up
Em
I leave but Steve was giving me the same look
D
That he gives me when I've turned up for stage late
Em
And I've been working my ticket but I
D
Know that I'll be all night
Em D
I think we best just get the balance right
Chorus:
C
'Cause basically
Em
I do this all the time
C Em
'Cause lately we seem have it right
G
Yeah when I've finally found the place
B C
I said I'll get you round
G B C
Talk to all the things you thought that I forget about
G B C
Nothing's really changed between then and now
G B C
Try to play this off like it's not all you think about
Bridge:
G B G B
B C B C
And without a doubt, when I'm running out
B C D
Those ideas, I'll be coming straight back here
Chorus:
G
Yeah when I've finally found the place
B C
I said I'll get you round
G B C
Talk to all the things you thought that I forget about
G B C
Nothing's really changed between then and now
G B C
Try to play this off like it's not all you think about
G B C
'Cause basically, I do this all the time
G B C
And maybe we seem have it right
G B C
'Cause basically, I do this all the time
G B C
And lately we seem have it right
Outro:
C
And basically I do this all the time
8. Intermission Capo 3rd:
Intro:
Am
Am F Em
Am F Em
F Em
Verse 1:
Am
Piece things back up for me
Am F Em
It's hysterical to think that it's almost a year to the date
Am
Since we drank our back til the morning
Am F Em
Delivered that fact that we all just sat counting days
F Em
Yeah, we laughed there for hours
F
And I must say
Em
It resonates
Verse 2:
Am
Usually I'd go Lake View
Am F Em
And wait for the labels to phone through for the third
F Em F
And nearly every other word that falls from your mouth
Em
Keeps me hanging round
9. Mission Capo on 4th:
Verse 1:
Em G D
I'm sure you know what you're doing now
C B7 Em
If there's a wall, son, knock it down
G D C B7
You know I've shown you the ropes enough to know
Em G D
That almost don't count for nothing now
C B7 Em
So go ahead, do the missus proud
G D
Simple things get them right
C B7
You'll have enough to last your life
Pre-Chorus:
C D
That's what I was taught anyway
C D
Come in and I'll get ya I can stay
Chorus:
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
Verse 2:
Em G D
I'm sure you know what you're doing now
C B7
No getting caught, spinning out
Em G D
You know you learned from the best
C B7
So who's asked about the rest?
Em G D
They don't count for nothing now
C B7 Em
You took the words right from my mouth
G D
Simple things get them right
C B7
You'll have enough to last your life
Pre-Chorus:
C D
That's what I was taught anyway
C D
Come in and I'll get ya, talking straight
Chorus:
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
Bridge:
G C G
Once we start going on about our life
C
That sets us up with something, and let's go over to mine
Em
And we could go Sydney, pretty much any day now
A C
Knowing us like I do, we'd love it there and stay out for our days
C
Yeah, anyways
Solo:
Em G D C
Em G D C
Chorus:
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
C
We could just sit there, listing ways how
Em
You can own my thoughts, never had a hard time
C Em
I'm talking straight off, talk about a weight off
10. Coincide Capo on 2nd:
Intro:
Em C B7 Em
Em C B7 Em
Verse 1:
Em C B7 Em
I just about dodged a-nother convo on nothing
Em C B7 Em
I can just about see you doing the same over your side
Pre-chorus:
C Em D C
And that's when we start considering the side door dart
Em D C
You text me saying save me
Em D C
'Cause they're trying to fill my head with all the same shit
Chorus:
G
And I need more from tonight
Em D
And I know the same crossed your mind
G Em D
'Cause we both coincide when the world's wasting time
Verse 2:
Em C B7 Em
I just about dodged the renaissance of life's little problems
Em C B7 Em
And now I'm stuck in a handshake with someone that you used to love
Pre-chorus:
C Em D C
And that's when we start considering the side door dart
Em D C
You text me saying save me
Em D C
'Cause they're trying to fill my head with all the same shit
Chorus:
G
And I need more from tonight
Em D
And I know the same crossed your mind
G Em D
'Cause we both coincide when the world's wasting time
G
And I need more from tonight
Em D
And I know the same crossed your mind
G Em D
'Cause we both coincide when the world's wasting time
Guitar solo:
C Em D
C Em D
C Em D
C Em D
Pre-chorus:
C Em D C
And that's when we start considering the side door dart
Em D C
You text me saying save me
Em D C
'Cause they're trying to fill my head with all the same shit
C
All the same shit
Chorus:
G
And I need more from tonight
Em D
And I know the same crossed your mind
G Em D
'Cause we both coincide when the world's wasting time
G
And I need more from tonight
Em D
And I know the same crossed your mind
G Em D
'Cause we both coincide when the world's wasting time
Outro:
Em C B7 Em
Em C B7 Em
11. Overlap Capo 1:
Intro:
F G
Verse 1:
F G F Am
Why does it take the eleventh hour
G F Am
For us to make the simplest of calls?
G
Rather than decide
F Am
This all tonight
G
I'm good to follow your lead
F Am
So take as long as you need
Build-up:
Am
Am G
Chorus 1:
F Am
I've found that we end up laughing
G F
So it's sound, and eventually
G Am
I know that if paths keep crossing
G
And your life keeps lapping
C G
Over me
F G F G
Verse 2:
C G F Am
Why does it take the eleventh hour
C G F Am
For us to make the easiest of calls?
C G F Am
Rather than decide this all in a night
C G
I'm good to follow your lead, my love
F Am
So I'd take as long as you need
Build-up:
Am
Am G
Chorus 2:
F Am
I've found that we end up laughing
G F
So it's sound, and eventually
G Am
I know that if paths keep crossing
G
And your life keeps lapping
C G
Over me
F G F G Am
Then tell us what's your boy to do?
Guitar Solo:
C F Em Am F C F Em
Chorus 3:
F Am G F
Cause I've found that we end up laughing
Am C G F
So it's sound, and eventually
Am G
I know that if paths keep crossing
Am
And your life keeps lapping
C F
Over me
Am C G
I know that if paths keep crossing
F Am
And your life keeps lapping
C G F
Over me
Am C G
I know that if paths keep crossing
F Am
And your life keeps lapping
C G
Over me
F G F G
Then tell us what's your boy to do?
F G
Over me
F G
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