Lifeline Chords
by Ben Harper
Lifeline by Ben Harper is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 8st fret. It uses the chords E, C#m, G#m, B, A, D, C, G, F# and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E
C#m G#m B
Life is much too short to sit and wonder
B C#m B C#m
Who's gonna make the next move
E
and will slowly pull you under
B C#m B A
when you've always got something, prove?
A E
I don't want to wait a lifetime
B C#m B A
Yours or mine, yours or mine
E
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
B C#m A E
Your lifeline, your lifeline
B C#m A E
Your lifeline, the lifeline
C#m G#m B
You say that I misheard you
C#m B C#m
but I think you misspoke
E
I hear you laugh so loudly
B C#m B A
while I patiently await the joke
E
I don't want to wait a lifetime
B C#m B
Not Yours, not mine
A E
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
B C#m A E
The lifeline, the lifeline
B C#m A D C B C D C B C G F# F F# G F# F C#m
Your lifeline, your life
C#m G#m B
It's a crime with only victims
C#m B C#m
We're all laid out in a row
E B
It's hardest to listen
C#m B A
to what we already should know
A E
I could hold out for a lifetime
B C#m B A
Yours or mine, yours or mine
A E
Can't you see me reaching for your lifeline?
B C#m A E
your lifeline, your lifeline
B C#m A E
the lifeline, the lifeline
B C#m A B C D E
your lifeline, your life, your life