Lifeboat Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays519

Lifeboat by New Politics is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, A, C, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			verse 1 
Em 
I'm over everything you say and you do babe 
Em 
I'm over everything that we've been through 
         D            A 
I'm on a lifeboat, a lifeboat, this lifeboat is 
Em 
Sinking, Si-si-sinking, si-sinking 
Em 
I don't know if we're even pulling through babe 
Em 
I'm overmedicated thanks to you 
         D             A 
I'm on a lifeboat, our lifeboat, this lifeboat is 
Em 
Sinking, Si-si-sinking, si-sinking 

Chorus 
C        G 
Save me, yeah 
                  Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 
                  C        G 
This isn't what I wanted, yeah 
                   Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 

Post-Chorus 
Em 
Lifeboat, l-lifeboat, l-lifeboat 
Em 
Lifeboat, our lifeboat is sinking 

verse 2 
Em 
I'm over everything you say and you do babe 
Em 
I'm closing up but do you even care that I do? 
           D              A 
We're on a lifeboat, our lifeboat, this lifeboat is 
Em 
Sinking, Si-si-sinking, si-sinking 

Chorus 
C        G 
Save me, yeah 
                  Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 
                  C        G 
This isn't what I wanted, yeah 
                   Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 
C        G 
Save me, yeah 
                  Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 
                  C        G 
This isn't what I wanted, yeah 
                   Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 

Bridge 
              Em             Em 
Throw up your hands, I'm celebrating 
          Em           Em 
Sliver of land, hallucinating 
          D                 A                       Em 
I'm going down, down, down, down, down, down, down, ooh 
Em 
Shout out my name, I am the sunshine 
Em 
Here comes the rain, let's have a good time 
          D                 A                       Em 
I'm going down, down, down, down, down, down, down, ooh 

verse 3 
Em 
I'm at the bottom of my wishing well 
                D 
But do you even care that I am? 
           D             A 
We're on a lifeboat, our lifeboat, this lifeboat is 
Em 
Sinking, Si-si-sinking, si-sinking, 
D 
Sinking, Lifeboat, a lifeboat, yeah 

Chorus 
C        G 
Save me, yeah 
                  Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 
                  C        G 
This isn't what I wanted, yeah 
                   Am           Em 
This isn't what it looks like, yeah 

Outro 
Em 
Lifeboat, a lifeboat, a lifeboat 
Em 
Lifeboat, a lifeboat, a lifeboat 
Em 
Lifeboat, a lifeboat, a lifeboat 
Em 
Lifeboat, our lifeboat is sinking 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante