Intro:
E
e|------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|
B|------5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
G|------4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
From this point on I will only give the right chords. The Rhythm is always the same,
I showed in the intro. You should fugure that out.
Vers:
e|---0------|-|-|-----0---||---0------|-|-|-----0--0-|
B|---5------|-|-|-----5---||---5------|-|-|-----5--5-|
G|---4------|%|%|-----4---||---4------|%|%|-----4--4-|
D|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------|
A|---4------|-|-|---------||---2------|-|-|-----4--2-|
E|----------|-|-|-----4---||----------|-|-|----------|
e|---0------|-|-|-----0---||---0------|-|-|-----0--0-|
B|---5------|-|-|-----5---||---5------|-|-|-----5--5-|
G|---4------|%|%|-----4---||---4------|%|%|-----4--4-|
D|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------|
A|---4------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------|
E|----------|-|-|-----0---||---2------|-|-|-----4--2-|
Chorus:
e|---0------|-|-|-----0---||---0------|-|-|-----0--0-|
B|---5------|-|-|-----5---||---5------|-|-|-----5--5-|
G|---6------|%|%|-----4---||---4------|%|%|-----6--4-|
D|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------|
A|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|-----4--2-|
E|---5------|-|-|-----4---||---2------|-|-|----------|
e|---0------|-|-|-----0---||---0--0---|-|-|-----0--0-||---0--0---|-|-|-----0--0-|
B|---5------|-|-|-----5---||---5--5---|-|-|-----5--5-||---5--5---|-|-|-----5--5-|
G|---6------|%|%|-----4---||---4--6---|%|%|-----6--4-||---4--6---|%|%|-----6--4-|
D|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------||----------|-|-|----------|
A|----------|-|-|---------||------4---|-|-|----------||------4---|-|-|----------|
E|---5------|-|-|-----0---||---2------|-|-|-----5--0-||---2------|-|-|-----5--0-|
Break (Instrumental):
(don’t play the very last chrord (E) in the second chorus and go from the A to the
Here ... always use this “fingerset” and slide ...)
A C# C B C C# ...
e|---0---0----|-|-|--0--0---||---0---0--|-|-|
B|---5---10---|-|-|--8--7---||---8---10-|-|-|
G|---6---11---|%|%|--9--8---||---9---11-|%|%|
D|------------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|
A|------------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|
E|---5---10---|-|-|--8--7---||---8---10-|-|-|
Here ist the chord progression (after the last A in the chorus):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_harper/lifeline_tab_ver_2.html ]
C# C B C C# C B C
G F# F F# G F# F F
Final Chorus:
e|---0------|-|-|-----0---||---0------|-|-|-----0--0-|
B|---5------|-|-|-----5---||---5------|-|-|-----5--5-|
G|---6------|%|%|-----4---||---4------|%|%|-----6--4-|
D|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------|
A|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|-----4--2-|
E|---5------|-|-|-----4---||---2------|-|-|----------|
e|---0------|-|-|-----0---||---0--0---|-|-|-----0--0-||---0--0---|-|-|-----0--0-|
B|---5------|-|-|-----5---||---5--5---|-|-|-----5--5-||---5--5---|-|-|-----5--5-|
G|---6------|%|%|-----4---||---4--6---|%|%|-----6--4-||---4--6---|%|%|-----6--4-|
D|----------|-|-|---------||----------|-|-|----------||----------|-|-|----------|
A|----------|-|-|---------||------4---|-|-|----------||------4---|-|-|----------|
E|---5------|-|-|-----0---||---2------|-|-|-----5--0-||---2------|-|-|-----5--0-|
e|--0--0---|-|-|-----0--0-||---0--0---|-|-|-----0----||---0------|-|-|--0--0-------|
B|--5--5---|-|-|-----5--5-||---5--5---|-|-|-----5----||---7------|-|-|--8--10------|
G|--4--6---|%|%|-----6--4-||---4--6---|%|%|-----6----||---8------|%|%|--9--11------|
D|---------|-|-|----------||----------|-|-|----------||----------|-|-|-------------|
A|-----4---|-|-|----------||------4---|-|-|----------||----------|-|-|-------------|
E|--2------|-|-|-----5--0-||---2------|-|-|-----5----||---7------|-|-|--8--10------|
e|---0------|
B|---12-----|
G|---13-----|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|---12-----|
The song progression:
Intro:
Vers 1:
Life is much too short to sit and wonder
Who's gonna make the next move
and will slowly pull you under
when you've always got something to prove?
Chorus:
I don't want to wait a lifetime
Yours or mine, yours or mine
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
Vers:
You say that I misheard you
but I think you misspoke
I hear you laugh so loudly
while I patiently await the joke
Chorus:
I don't want to wait a lifetime
Yours or mine, yours or mine
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
The lifeline, the lifeline
Break (instrumental):
Vers:
It's a crime with only victims
We're all laid out in a row
It's hardest to listen
to what we already should know
Final Chorus:
I could hold out for a lifetime
Yours or mine, yours or mine
Can't you see me reaching for your lifeline?
The lifeline, your lifeline, the lifeline
