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From: eunaesia@aol.com (Eunaesia)
Subject: Lifeboy (Life Buoy) - phish
Lifeboy by phish (Anastasio/Marshall)
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:
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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-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
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