PHISH - "Lifeboy" Tablature

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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

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