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 Pull Off The Ground Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: G - 320033 D - xx0232 Em - 022000 C - x32010 Am - x02210 G/B - x2x003 D/F# - 2x023x
Intro: G GCAmG/BCC(hold) GD/F#EmG/BC AmG/BCC(hold)
Verse 1: G Sixteenth day into the year C the drive was quiet I had thoughts in my GD/F#EmG/B head It was all bad CGD/F# news We sat parked EmG/B and I opened up C but you shut down This night will only get worse GCAmG/BCC(hold) It was all bad news
Chorus 1: GD/F#Em Get off the ground G/B you're making things CAm worse Won't you get off the ground G/BCC(hold) you'll make it worse
Verse 2: G Keep your head down C Keep your head down time to be honest GD/F# with myself. I've lost EmG/BC it all and I'm on my own G/BCAmG/BCC(hold) It was all bad news
Chorus 2: GD/F#Em Get off the ground G/B you're making CGD/F#EmG/BC things worse
Bridge: C I've been having trouble sleeping D know that sleep don't come easy C when you loose D G-- everything you have
Interlude: G--Em--D--C--
Outro: G I just want one night Em where I can rest my DC eyes sleep tight all through the night G And I'll go on the Em rest of my life D but I'll know C that things can't G(hold) get any worse