Lifeboat chords by Katie Casey

• Capo on 7th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo: 7
Intro:
C G Em D

Verse 1:
C             G
This place we live in
   Em     D
Is all too dark
C             G
For much too long
     Em     D
I’ve been so lost

C        G
Even before we met
Em     D
I was missing this
C                   G
But now that you’re gone
Em       D
How can I exist


Chorus:
C                G           D       Em
This darkness in our home, is all too suffocating
C          G                       D              Em
Please don’t leave me here, you’re the light I’ve been awaiting
C                    G       D           Em
I don’t know how to swim, to keep myself afloat
C               G*         D*
I might as well drown without my lifeboat
C G D   Em*
      Without my lifeboat (x3)

Verse 2:
C             G
What are you doin’
Em             D
Why aren’t you here with me
C               G
I’m lost and it’s dark out
   Em            D
But you make me wanna believe

     C                  G
That somewhere there are candles
     Em             D
That don’t ever blow out
C             G
Please i’m beggin’
   Em           D
All I can do is shout

Chorus:
C                G           D       Em
This darkness in our home, is all too suffocating
C          G                       D              Em
Please don’t leave me here, you’re the light I’ve been awaiting
C                    G       D           Em
I don’t know how to swim, to keep myself afloat
C               G*         D*
I might as well drown without my lifeboat
C G D   Em*
      Without my lifeboat (x3)

Verse 3:
     C                   G
You tell yourself you’re nothing
         Em             D
But what does that make me
   C               G
I yearn for the days that you
   Em     D
Finally see all of your beauty

C                    G
You tell me of your envy
   Em                      D
That you wish you could be me
     C                  G
Why would you want a downgrade
         Em             D
When you have the whole world to see

Pre-Chorus:
D                     G
I don’t know how you do it
      Em              C
Be so gorgeous all the time
  D             G
I never see you eating
      Em                        C
Is it cause you think you’re not fine?

    D             G
The world has committed
       Em            C
Great crimes against you
   D             G
I wish I could fly
   Em                    D
Around the world to save you

Chorus:
C                G           D       Em
This darkness in our home, is all too suffocating
C          G                       D              Em
Please don’t leave me here, you’re the light I’ve been awaiting
C                    G       D           Em
I don’t know how to swim, to keep myself afloat
C               G*         D*
I might as well drown without my lifeboat
C G D   Em*
      Without my lifeboat (x3)

Bridge:
D                Em
When you finally see yourself
     C             G
And get a glass of water
D              Em
Will you leave me behind
             C                  G
Because you see how much I’m smaller
(repeat)

Chorus:
(single strum)
C                G           D       Em
This darkness in our home, is all too suffocating

C          G                       D              Em
Please don’t leave me here, you’re the light I’ve been awaiting

C                    G       D           Em
I don’t know how to swim, to keep myself afloat
C               G*         D*
I might as well drown without my lifeboat
C G D   Em*
      Without my lifeboat (x3)