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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                      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------------------|------------0\1\0-----------------
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)-------
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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