Lifeboy tab by Phish

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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)

FF           G+G     C majorC           FF
Swinging on the lifeline \ ...

FF            G+G           C majorC         FF
Entangled in the remnants of the \ ....

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

DmDm           G+G            C majorC       FF
And asking you to help me make ...

-(Fill 1)

-(Riff 2):
  (DmDm)        ^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 majorC          Bb majorBb    FF   Bb majorBb   G+G    C majorC
But God never listens...

C majorC       Bb majorBb    FF  Bb majorBb    G+G    A minorAm
God never ...

A minorAm  Bb majorBb     A minorAm  Bb majorBb    C majorC
So   very...  So   ....

C majorC              G+G      FF
And you don't get a ....

-(on "pray", repeat Riff 1 twice)

FF              G+G      C majorC
FF
And when the line is breaking \ ...

FF                 G+G            C majorC
FF
When all the time spent ...

-(Fill 1)

DmDm                   G+G           C majorC
   FF
When all my thoughts and memories \ ....

-(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 majorC            Bb majorBb            FF
F minorFm
Stranded on this slender string, the ...

C majorC            Bb majorBb         FF            F minorFm
        (C majorC)
Dangling here between the light above and ...

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

       C majorC \ Fmaj7Fmaj7 \ C majorC \ Fmaj7Fmaj7 \ C majorC \ G+G \ Fmaj7Fmaj7 \
              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 majorC 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 ([email protected])
email if you want something tabbed