Lifeboy (Cifras)

From: * (Eunaesia)


arranged for one acoustic guitar


Riff 1 (main)
e------------8----------------------------------------|
B-------8------11-----8--11-----6-------6-------------|
G--------------------------------9-----7--------------|
D--10-------------10--------------------8---8---------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---6---------5-------------------------------------------|
G------5---------5---------7--5-------7---------5---------|
D----------7---------5--5--------5--------5---------------|
A--------------------------------------8--------8---------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

     (last time, play last 2 notes over a few times)

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-(Riff 1, 3 times)

F                      G         C                      F
Swinging on the lifeline    Fraying bits of twine

F                       G                      C                  F
Entangled in the remnants of the    Knot I left behind

-(Fill 1):                              Dm
     e---------------------------(0)----1----|
     B----------1--1--------1---------3------|
     G------2------------0------------2------|
     D---3------------2---------------0------|
     A---------------------------------0-----|
     E---------------------------------------|

Dm                      G                       C              F
And asking you to help me make it    Finally unwind

-(Fill 1)

-(Riff 2):
   (Dm)               ^strum                  ^strum
e---(1)----------------1---------0----1---x----1-----------------3------|
B---(3)----------3----3---------3----3---x----3----------3-----3--------|
G---(2)------2-------2---------2----2---x-----3----------0-----0--------|
D---(0)---0----------0---------0-----0---x-----3---------0-----0--------|
A---(0)------------------------0-----0---x------1---------2-----2-------|
E-------------------------------------------------1----------3----3-----|

-Chorus:

C                   Bb        F     Bb      G       C
But God never listens...            to what I say

C             Bb       F    Bb       G       Am
God never listens              to what I say

Am    Bb         Am   Bb       C
So     very...    So     very    hard

C                           G            F
And you don't get a refund           if you overpray.

-(on "pray", repeat Riff 1 twice)

F                            G           C
F
And when the line is breaking  And when I'm near the end

F                                 G                        C
F
When all the time spent leading  I've been following instead

-(Fill 1)

Dm                                      G                     C
      F
When all my thoughts and memories  are left hanging by a thread

-(Fill 1)

-(Riff 2)

-(Chorus)

-Solo:
  |==========play twice====================|
e----------0---------------|-----------0------------0---------0-------0----|
B------------1----------1--|-------1------------1---------1--------1-------|
G------0-------------0-----|----0------------0---------0--------0----------|
D------------------2-------|-3-------------3---------3---------3-----------|
A---3----------3----------|------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
--
                                          >quick<
e----------0------------------|------------01-------------------|
B-------------1-----------1--|--------1-----------1----------------|
G------0--------------0-----|-----0------------------0-------------|
D-------------------2--------|--3------------------------3---------|
A---3-----------3-----------|--------------------------------------|
E----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

e------------------------------|-------------0------------|----------------|
1--------1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------0-----------|-------1-------1---------|---------1--------|
----1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------0--------0--------|----0-------------0------|-----2-------------|
2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------0---------------0----|----------2-----------2--|--3---------3------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------2------------2-|-3------------------------|------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---3-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C                       Bb                       F
Fm
Stranded on this slender string, the minutes seem to last a lifetime

C                       Bb                  F                       Fm
               (C)
Dangling here between the light above and blue below that drag me down

-(2nd solo): fingerpick these chords while sometimes adding a D on the
                 second string (3rd fret) - listen to recording:

             C  Fmaj7  C  Fmaj7  C  G  Fmaj7 
                            Am7(1/2 meas.)  G(1/2 meas.)

-(Chorus twice)
-(Riff 1: repeat many times under "God never listens")
-Ending(slowed down):

e-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G------5-----5----------------------------|      then strum a C chord.
D-----------------------------------------|
A---8-----7--------5(hold)----------------|
E-------------------3(hold)---------------|
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