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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)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-(Riff 1, 3 times)
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) FSwinging (133211@1)on the lifeline Fraying bits of twine
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) FEntangled (133211@1)in the remnants of the Knot I left behind
-(Fill 1): Dm (xx0231@1) e---------------------------(0)----1----|
B----------1--1--------1---------3------|
G------2------------0------------2------|
D---3------------2---------------0------|
A---------------------------------0-----|
E---------------------------------------|
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) FAnd (133211@1)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 (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)God never listens... to what I say
C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) G (320003@1) AmGod (x02210@1)never listens to what I say
Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CSo (x32010@1) very... So very hard
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)you don't get a refund if you overpray.
-(on "pray", repeat Riff 1 twice)
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
And when the line is breaking And when I'm near the end
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
When all the time spent leading I've been following instead
-(Fill 1)
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) FWhen (133211@1)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 (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_133111@1">Fm
Stranded on this slender string, the minutes seem to last a lifetime
C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) (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 (x32010@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)C (x32010@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) 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)---------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'd like to take this space to grovel for phish tapes instead
of doing it on the 'net. I'll gladly pay money or trade other
bands' tapes, but I have no phish to trade. :(
bryan fox (eunaesia@aol.com)
email if you want something tabbed
