Biography:
Balance and Composure are an American alternative rock band with melodic punk, post-hardcore, and shoegaze influences from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Jonathan 'Jon' Simmons, bassist Matthew Warner, drummer Bailey Van Ellis and guitarists Erik Petersen and Andy Slaymaker. The band formed in the winter of 2007; their first release being a 6-song EP entitled 'I Just Want To Be Pure' in 2008. The EP is now out of print.
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Balance and Composure
Quake
Separation
2011
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m 466444
E 022100
B x24442
F# 244322
C#m x46654
Ebm x68876
Intro:
G#m E G#m E B x2
G#m E F# x4
Verse 1:
G#m E
Can't complain
F#
about everything
G#m E
This one leaves me
F#
with a permanent
G#m E F#
stain all over me
G#m E
I can't take the
F#
way you look at me
G#m E
Those eyes could
F# G#m
never lie The truth
E F#
will find its way
G#m E
out In time I'll
F# G#m
pour it out Until
E
then I'll keep
F# G#m E F# x2
you inside my head
G#m B E C#m Ebm
Chorus 1:
G#m E
Take a look at what's
B G#m
beneath your feet
E B
Flowers that once
G#m
made you smile
E B
Have turned to stone
G#m
now they're grinding
E B(hold)
down your teeth
G#m E
Walls around your mind
B G#m
can't keep you safe
E B G#m
Build them up with steel
E
and stone and watch
B G#m E B
your soul escape
Post Chorus: E F# G#m x2
Verse 2:
E F# G#m
Get through today
E F# G#m
and know that you are secure
E F#
Get a grasp on the fact
G#m
that this is what
E F# G#m
you're here for
E
You can quake at
F# G#m
the thought of it
E F# G#m
Shakes you up quite a bit
E F# G#m
And all you do is think and
E F# G#m
thinking gets you nowhere
Verse 3:
G#m E F# G#m
Just wait for clarity you
E F#
say this will all make
G#m E
sense Just stay here with
F# G#m E
me I can't take the
F#
way you look at me
G#m E F#
Control I have lost
G#m E
There's no sense in
F#
clawing myself out
G#m E
And I know you can't
F# E
live without taking all
F#
that's left inside my head
Chorus 2: lower voice
G#m E
Take a look at what's
B G#m
beneath your feet
E B
Flowers that once
G#m
made you smile
E B
Have turned to stone
G#m
now they're grinding
E B
down your teeth
G#m E
Walls around your mind
B G#m
can't keep you safe
E B G#m
Build them up with steel
E
and stone and watch
B G#m E B G#m E B
your soul escape away
Outro: G#m E B x8, E C#m(hold)
Quake
Separation
2011
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m 466444
E 022100
B x24442
F# 244322
C#m x46654
Ebm x68876
Intro:
G#m E G#m E B x2
G#m E F# x4
Verse 1:
G#m E
Can't complain
F#
about everything
G#m E
This one leaves me
F#
with a permanent
G#m E F#
stain all over me
G#m E
I can't take the
F#
way you look at me
G#m E
Those eyes could
F# G#m
never lie The truth
E F#
will find its way
G#m E
out In time I'll
F# G#m
pour it out Until
E
then I'll keep
F# G#m E F# x2
you inside my head
G#m B E C#m Ebm
Chorus 1:
G#m E
Take a look at what's
B G#m
beneath your feet
E B
Flowers that once
G#m
made you smile
E B
Have turned to stone
G#m
now they're grinding
E B(hold)
down your teeth
G#m E
Walls around your mind
B G#m
can't keep you safe
E B G#m
Build them up with steel
E
and stone and watch
B G#m E B
your soul escape
Post Chorus: E F# G#m x2
Verse 2:
E F# G#m
Get through today
E F# G#m
and know that you are secure
E F#
Get a grasp on the fact
G#m
that this is what
E F# G#m
you're here for
E
You can quake at
F# G#m
the thought of it
E F# G#m
Shakes you up quite a bit
E F# G#m
And all you do is think and
E F# G#m
thinking gets you nowhere
Verse 3:
G#m E F# G#m
Just wait for clarity you
E F#
say this will all make
G#m E
sense Just stay here with
F# G#m E
me I can't take the
F#
way you look at me
G#m E F#
Control I have lost
G#m E
There's no sense in
F#
clawing myself out
G#m E
And I know you can't
F# E
live without taking all
F#
that's left inside my head
Chorus 2: lower voice
G#m E
Take a look at what's
B G#m
beneath your feet
E B
Flowers that once
G#m
made you smile
E B
Have turned to stone
G#m
now they're grinding
E B
down your teeth
G#m E
Walls around your mind
B G#m
can't keep you safe
E B G#m
Build them up with steel
E
and stone and watch
B G#m E B G#m E B
your soul escape away
Outro: G#m E B x8, E C#m(hold)
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