{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":104860,"song":"Balance Beam","artist":"Blue October","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11213955-balance-beam-chords-by-blue-october/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/104860?type=chord","rating":4.5264,"votes":13,"content":"Blue October\r\n\"Balance Beam\"\r\n\r\nNice little song off of Consent to Treatment. \r\nIt's pretty simple so I'm pretty sure this is right.\r\n\r\nStandard tuning\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne---3---x---0---x---2\r\na---3---3---1---x---3\r\nd---0---0---0---0---2\r\ng---0---4---2---2---0\r\nb---2---5---3---2---x\r\ne---3---0---x---0---x[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nI haven't been quite the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D2[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nSo sure the story of my life will never change.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut in a bright eyed way.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D2[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            \r\nRinsed out the soap in my eyes [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nand wrote a song that I'm about to sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause it's about a girl     that I hardley even know.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nSo this is not another love song. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust a list of thing that I should know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nand everyone should know.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]\r\n(One) You got to take it kind of slowly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C5[/ch]\r\n(Two) You got to hurry up and make your move.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]                                            [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]C5[/ch]\r\n(Three) You got to tell her that she's pretty.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]\r\n(Four) You got to be the perfect gentleman [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C5[/ch]\r\nYou shake the wall you got to make it bend.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]                       [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nYou got to show her that she's the balance beam[/tab]\r\n\r\nand I keep falling all around her fairy tale.\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat)\r\n\r\nWe took a walk in the rain \r\nI suggested, she confessed there's a park nearby\r\nto cast that shame.\r\nStay cool but I'm getting like a school boy.\r\nYou got to handle with care this is not a toy.\r\nAnd gradually we touched.\r\nAlthough our close were wet we sat and smiled\r\nI never thought I'd smiled so much\r\nThe first kiss always says the most.","plain_text":"Blue October\n\"Balance Beam\"\n\nNice little song off of Consent to Treatment. \nIt's pretty simple so I'm pretty sure this is right.\n\nStandard tuning\n\n\n\n\nIntro: G  D2  C  Em   D (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nand I keep falling all around her fairy tale.\n\n\n(Repeat)\n\nWe took a walk in the rain \nI suggested, she confessed there's a park nearby\nto cast that shame.\nStay cool but I'm getting like a school boy.\nYou got to handle with care this is not a toy.\nAnd gradually we touched.\nAlthough our close were wet we sat and smiled\nI never thought I'd smiled so much\nThe first kiss always says the most.","chords":["G","D2","C","Em","D","G5","C5","D5"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}