Phish - Lifeboy guitar tab
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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:
|==========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)-------
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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
