The Balcony

The Rumour Said Fire

Key: C
Capo: 4

Chord diagrams

The Balcony

No capo, transpose -5

Strumming — Main pattern (185 bpm)

↓ ↓ ↑ ↑ ↓ ↑
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Strumming — Variation (185 bpm)

↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Verse 1

C

So

your mouth tastes like

G

sunshine

Am

F

baby

but your eyes are

C

all

cool

G

F

buried

in my

C

arms

Verse 2

C

And

the breeze takes us

G

deeper

Am

and

F

further

into the

C

heart

G

of the

F

moment

F/E

that

is

Dm

gone

C

Chords as in chorus

Pre-chorus

Dm

C

G

Dm

da da da da ...

Verse 3

C

And

the scent of you

G

heartache

Am

F

baby

and the taste of your

C

blood

G

F

run

within

C

me

Verse 4

C

And

there are red flowers in your

G

spit

Am

when you

F

enter

my mouth

C

under

the bed

G

F

down

on the

C

floor

Chorus 1

Dm

So

take me under the

C

floorboards

I would

G

love

to feel like

Dm

wood

And take me back to the re-

C

tards

G

cause

the world just

Dm

make

me sick

There are colours in the

C

air

G

when

I fall to the

Dm

ground

How we'd love to fall more

G

often

Gsus

G

C

Verse 5

C

There's

a band in our

G

cellar

Am

F

baby

and they're

C

playing

a

G

song

of the

F

drunks

in the

C

street

And I can

G

hear

when they're playing their

Am

lovesong

F

C

cause

the kids in the

G

yards

F

stop

play-

F/E

ing

with

Dm

their

C

toys

Chorus 2

Dm

So

take me under the

C

schoolyard

there are

G

kids

there who got

Dm

lost

Their mouths all shouting as-

C

phalt

and the

G

bodies

torn a-

Dm

part

There are colours in the

C

air

G

when

I fall to the

Dm

ground

I can sence a world of

C

heartache

G

but

I

F

love

the sound

of you

C

hair

when it falls down

G

from

the pillow late at

F

night

On the brink of il-

C

lusion

G

It's

the devil in my

F

eyes

Waiting

C

for

the

G

moment

to kill me

F

inside

How we'd love to die more

G

often

Gsus

G

Dm

Chorus 3

Dm

So

take my hands

C

love

there's a

G

burst

inside our

F

minds

Ooo feel my hands

C

love

cause I'm

G

numb

to the neck

Dm

down

and there is fire

C

love

on the

G

balcony

right

F

here

And I can

G

see

our bodies burn but sence no fear

Gsus

G

C

Outro

C

And

your mouth tastes like

G

sunshine

Am

F

baby

but your eyes are

C

all

cool

G

F

buried

in my

C

arms

and

G

everything

Am

matters

F

for

a second we

C

fall

G

to

the floor

F

F/E

Dm

C

da da da da da