Lifeboy Chords & Lyrics Artist: Phish, Trey Anastasio

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B|--13-11--11---|6---8---6-|6---5---3\1---3---1-:--1--1--1--1-|
G|-12-----12----|-7---7----|-5---5-0-|-0---0----:-------------|
D|10-----10-----|--8---8--7|--7---5--|--3---3---:-3--3--3--3--|
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                                         3-4x's
VERSE 1
 F            G           C               F       F
swinging on a life line, fraying bits of twine
   F             G                C            F     C/E
entangled in the remnants of the knot i left behind
    Dm            G               C          F     C/E Dm C Bb
and asking you to help me make it finally unwind
 
Before the chorus, he hits a Bb chord, then staccato chords, Bb and G/B.
 
Here are the fingerings:
 
    Bb         G/B
e|--------------------|
B|-3---3------3---3---|
G|-3---3------0---0---|
D|-3---3------0---0---|
A|-1---1------2---2---|
E|--------------------|
 
CHORUS
C                   Bb  F    Bb  B              C
but god never listens            to what i say
C                   Bb  F    Bb  B           Am
    god never listens            to what i say
    Bb   Am      Bb       C
so very,     so very  hard
                    G       F
and you don't get a refund     if you overpray
 
Repeat Intro 2x
 
VERSE 2
    F                G             C                  F       F
And when the line is breaking, and when I'm near the end
       F                G                  C            F     C/E
When all the time spent leading, I've been following instead
    Dm                   G             C                 F     C/E Dm C Bb
When all my thoughts and memories are, Left hanging by a thread
 
Before the chorus, he hits a Bb chord, then staccato chords, Bb and G/B.
 
CHORUS
C                   Bb  F    Bb  B              C
but god never listens            to what i say
C                   Bb  F    Bb  B           Am
    god never listens            to what i say
    Bb   Am      Bb       C
so very,     so very  hard
                    G       F
and you don't get a refund     if you overpray
 
 
BRIDGE                             :                      end second time|
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G|--0-----0----0---0---0---0---0-----:--0-----0----0---0----0-------0---5-0 --5-0-:
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                                  2x:                                          2x:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------8-------------------8--------------------8----------8--------8-----------|
G|-----5--------5----------7-------7------------5----------5--------5--------5----|
D|--5---------5----------8--------8-----------7---------7---------6--------6------|
A|---------7----------8---------8---------8---------8----------8--------8---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Standed on this slender string      the minuets seem to last     a lifetime
 Dangeling here between the light above and the blue below that drags me down
                                                                             # end
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B|---5---5---5--3-3------5---5---5--3-3------5---5-0--3---3---3---3---3-0-|  |--1--1---1-|
G|--0---0---2-----------0---0---2-----------0---0----0---0---0---0---0----|  |---------0-|
D|-5---5---3---3-3---3\5---5---3---3-3---3\5---5----5---5---3---2---0-----|  |-3--2----2-|
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OUTRO
 
god never listens to what i say