Balance Chords

KeyC# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

Balance by Smile Empty Soul is a guitar song played in the key of C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			

Tuning: Drop C# (C#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#) 

Riff 1 
D#|-------------------------| 
A#|-------------------------| 
F#|-4--4-4-4/6--------------| 
C#|-4--4-4-4/6-4--4-4-4/6-0-| 
G#|-2--2-2-2/4-4--4-4-4/6-0-| 
C#|------------4--4-4-4/6-0-| 

Riff 2 (clean)   "All the hate it brings me down..." 
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|---------2---------------2-------------------------------6-------| 
F#|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2---------------------6-----6-----| 
C#|---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-------4---7\6---6---6---6-----6---| 
G#|-2---------------0-----------------4---4-----4---4-------------0-| 
C#|---------------------------------4-------------------------------| 

Play Riff 2 x2   "Get so lost I get so drown..." 

Riff 3 (light distortion) "I'm bleeding and running out..." 
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|---------2-----2---------2---2-2-------------------------6---6\4-| 
C#|---------4-----4---------4---4-4-------------------------6---6\4-| 
G#|-2-2-2-2---2-2---0-0-0-0---0-------------4-----4-4-4-4-4---4-----| 
C#|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------| 
    * * * *   * *   * * * *   *     * * * *   * *   * * * *   * 

D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|---------2-----2---------2---2-2-------------------------6-6-6-6-| 
C#|---------4-----4---------4---4-4-------------------------6-6-6-6-| 
G#|-2-2-2-2---2-2---0-0-0-0---0-------------4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 
C#|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------| 
    * * * *   * *   * * * *   *     * * * *   * *   * * * * 

Riff 4   "Pick me up when I fall down..." 
D#|----------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|----------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2------------------6-6--6-6-6---| 
C#|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2---4--4-4-7\6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6---| x2 
G#|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4---| 
C#|----------------------------0-4--4-4-4-4-4-4------------0-| 

D#|-------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---| 
A#|-------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5---| 
F#|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4---| 
C#|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---| 
G#|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-4-4--4-4-4---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---| 
C#|-----------------4-4--4-4-4-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| 

Play Riff 1 x1 
Play Riff 2 x2   "The tears are good, the smile faint..." 
Play Riff 3 x2   "I'm bleeding and running out..." 
Play Riff 4 x1   "Pick me up when I fall down..." 

Riff 5   "Someone like you to make me right..." 
D#|------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---| 
A#|------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5---| 
F#|-4--4-4-4/6-------------------4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4---| 
C#|-4--4-4-4/6-4--4-4-4/6-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---| 
G#|-2--2-2-2/4-4--4-4-4/6-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---| 
C#|------------4--4-4-4/6-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| 
                          ^ end here final time 

Play Riff 5 x4   "I always knew that I would find..." 
Play Riff 2 x2   "...to make me right..." 
Play Riff 3 x2   "I'm bleeding and running out..." 
Play Riff 4 x1   "Pick me up when I fall down..." 
                  (ending part gets repeated an additional time, 
                   listen to song for it) 
Play Riff 1 x1   "...to balance me out..." 

Enjoy!! 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante