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The Balance Album Chords by Catfish And The Bottlemen

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


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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
 I go straight from mine to work to-

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