Biography:
Blue October is an alternative rock band headquartered in San Marcos, Texas, but is originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 when two former high school friends Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals) and Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, keyboards, and vocals), set out to create an alternative rock band that has since gone on to have twelve Top 40 singles across nine studio albums and six albums reaching the Top 40 charts.
Current members of Blue October include Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals)
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Other songs:
- 18th Floor Balcony
- 3 Weeks She Sleeps
- A Quiet Mind
- Amazing
- Balance Beam
- Calling You
- Chameleon Boy
- Clumsy Card House
- Congratulations
- Dirt Room
- Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek
- Everlasting Friend
- Hate Me
- Into The Ocean
- It's Just Me
- Let It Go
- Overweight
- She's My Ride Home
- Sound Of Pulling Heaven Down
- The Feel Again (stay)
- What If We Could
- You Make Me Smile
- All That We Are
- Angel
- Angels In Everything
- Any Man In America
- Been Down
- Black Orchid
- Bleed Out
- Blue Does
- Blue Skies
- Breakfast After 10
- Breakfast After Ten
- Coal Makes Diamonds
- Colorado 5591
- Come In Closer
- Debris
- Drama Everything
- Drop
- Fear
- For My Brother
- For The Love
- Graceful Dancing
- Home
- How To Dance In Time
- I Hope Youre Happy
- I Want It
- Ill Do Me You Do You
- Inner Glow
- Italian Radio
- Its Just Me
- Jump Rope
- Kangaroo Cry
- King
- Libby Im Listening
- Light You Up
- Mountain Acoustic
- Mr Blues Menu
- My Never
- Not Broken Anymore
- Painted Blue
- Picking Up Pieces
- Picking Up The Pieces
- Say It
- Schizophrenia
- Sexual Powertrip
- Should Be Loved
- Sway
- Sweet And Somber Pigeon Wings
- The 21St
- The Answer
- The Chills
- The Feel Again Stay
- The Follow Through
- The Honesty
- The Scar
- The Worry List
- Things We Dont Know About
- Ugly Side
- We Know Where You Go
- Weight Of The World
- Worry List
- You Waited Too Long
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Blue October "Balance Beam" aka: "Fairy Tale"
The song seems simple enough. The same 5 chords are played
throughout the verses. The chorus can be played several
different ways: open chords or with power chords. The power
chords can be played by just letting them ring out or by muting
them. Since the actual song has several things going on at once,
it just depends on what you want to focus on.
INTO
G A6/7sus C Em D
VERSE 1
G
I haven't been quite the same
A6/7sus C Em D
So sure the story of my life would never change
G A6/7sus C
But in a bright-eyed way, she rinsed out the soap in my eyes
Em D
And wrote a song that I'm about to sing
G A6/7sus C
She's a magnetic girl
Em D
That I hardly even know
G A6/7sus C
So this is not another love song
Em
Just a list of things that I should know
D
And everyone should know that:
CHORUS
G
One. You got to take it kind of slowly
C
Two. You got to hurry up and make your move
G D C
Three. You got to tell her how you're feeling
G
And four. You got to be the perfect gentleman.
C G
When you shake the walls, you got to make 'em bend, yeah
D
You got to show her that she's the balance beam
G
And I keep falling all around her fairy tale
A6/7sus C Em D
her fairy tale
(The chords are the same a 1st verse above)
We took a walk in the rain.
I suggested, she confess
There's a heart nearby to cast the shame.
Stay cool, but I'm giddy like a school boy.
You got to handle with care this is not a toy.
Then gradually we touched.
And though our clothes were wet, we sat and smiled.
I never thought I'd smile so much
The first kiss always says the most
REPEAT CHORUS
-----------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
G A6/7sus C Em D
e|----3----|---0---|---0---|----0----|----2----|
B|----0----|---3---|---1---|----0----|----3----|
G|----0----|---0---|---0---|----0----|----2----|
D|----0----|---4---|---2---|----2----|----0----|
A|----2----|---5---|---3---|----2----|----X----|
E|----3----|---5---|---X---|----0----|----X----|
The A6/7sus or A6/7sus4 can be played differently depending on
how you want it to sound or if the above option is to difficult.
e|--0--| e|--2--| e|--0--|
B|--3--| B|--3--| B|--3--|
G|--0--| G|--0--| G|--0--|
D|--4--| D|--2--| D|--4--|
A|--5--| A|--0--| A|--5--|
E|--5--| or E|--X--| or E|--X--|
Personally I play it like the 3rd option above just beause its
easier to slide down to the "C" without having to change my hand
position.
Have fun!
The song seems simple enough. The same 5 chords are played
throughout the verses. The chorus can be played several
different ways: open chords or with power chords. The power
chords can be played by just letting them ring out or by muting
them. Since the actual song has several things going on at once,
it just depends on what you want to focus on.
INTO
G A6/7sus C Em D
VERSE 1
G
I haven't been quite the same
A6/7sus C Em D
So sure the story of my life would never change
G A6/7sus C
But in a bright-eyed way, she rinsed out the soap in my eyes
Em D
And wrote a song that I'm about to sing
G A6/7sus C
She's a magnetic girl
Em D
That I hardly even know
G A6/7sus C
So this is not another love song
Em
Just a list of things that I should know
D
And everyone should know that:
CHORUS
G
One. You got to take it kind of slowly
C
Two. You got to hurry up and make your move
G D C
Three. You got to tell her how you're feeling
G
And four. You got to be the perfect gentleman.
C G
When you shake the walls, you got to make 'em bend, yeah
D
You got to show her that she's the balance beam
G
And I keep falling all around her fairy tale
A6/7sus C Em D
her fairy tale
(The chords are the same a 1st verse above)
We took a walk in the rain.
I suggested, she confess
There's a heart nearby to cast the shame.
Stay cool, but I'm giddy like a school boy.
You got to handle with care this is not a toy.
Then gradually we touched.
And though our clothes were wet, we sat and smiled.
I never thought I'd smile so much
The first kiss always says the most
REPEAT CHORUS
-----------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
G A6/7sus C Em D
e|----3----|---0---|---0---|----0----|----2----|
B|----0----|---3---|---1---|----0----|----3----|
G|----0----|---0---|---0---|----0----|----2----|
D|----0----|---4---|---2---|----2----|----0----|
A|----2----|---5---|---3---|----2----|----X----|
E|----3----|---5---|---X---|----0----|----X----|
The A6/7sus or A6/7sus4 can be played differently depending on
how you want it to sound or if the above option is to difficult.
e|--0--| e|--2--| e|--0--|
B|--3--| B|--3--| B|--3--|
G|--0--| G|--0--| G|--0--|
D|--4--| D|--2--| D|--4--|
A|--5--| A|--0--| A|--5--|
E|--5--| or E|--X--| or E|--X--|
Personally I play it like the 3rd option above just beause its
easier to slide down to the "C" without having to change my hand
position.
Have fun!
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