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Emily White - Little Lifeboats
## NOTE: (m) = Hit muted strings once ##
CAPO: 2nd Fret
                   Am(m)   Am  
I know what it's like to implode
I Gwatched it in my brother from my Dlittle lifeboat
         Am(m)      Am  
As I floated in the dark
GBreakfast for a hungry Dbeast
                      Am(m) Am  
But you are not the sea
No, you're not the GseaD  
                       Am(m)
And you are not the moon
And I am Amno lost bug
GHeaded for something Dcarnal 
                        Am(m)    Am    G  D  
Distracted by what's false
                    Am(m)       
We were just two unhip hipsters
Who Amreally could care lessG  
We met when it was simple
                                 D    Am(m) Am  
Now, we'll have to figure out the rest
Yeah, we'll figure out the GrestD  
CHORUS:
'Cause Fwhen you Elook at Dme
GSun in your eyes, you can D/F#hardly see
It's the Fmost EbeautiDful thing
                G     Am(m)    Am    G  D  
The way___ you believe
                       Am(m)       
All laid out like a fish
I smell Amlike brine and shit
                       G          D   Am(m)    Am    G  D  
No bones left, just the tender bits
                 Am(m)       
And I hold so tight 
To Amthat slightest thread
And Gthen the thread snaps,  
                         D   Am(m)    Am    G  D  
I think I lost myself, eh eh
CHORUS:
But Fwhen you Elook at Dme
The Gsun in your eyes, you can D/F#hardly see
It's the Fmost EbeautiDful thing
                G     Am(m)    Am    G  D  
The way___ you believe
BRIDGE:
From FCanyonClands to FFlorida's Csand
E7All of my life the back of your hFandCs__F___C___E7__
                 Am(m)      Am  
Oh, it gets so cold, but it just won't snow
We'll go for Gslippery walks down the Dicy roads
             Am(m)      Am  
And we were loaded like two guns
GBiting rubber bullets beDtween our teeth
              Am(m) Am  
But we were free
Yeah, we thought that we were GfreeD  
                   Am(m)       
And you hold so tight 
To Amthat slightest thread
And Gthen the thread snaps,  
                             D   Am(m)    Am    G  D  
You think you lost yourself, eh eh
                     Am(m)       
We're just two grown-up children 
Who Amreally could care lessG  
We thought we'd live forever
                                D    Am(m) Am  
Now we'll have to figure out the rest
And yeah, we'll figure out the GrestD  
CHORUS:
'Cause Fwhen you Elook at Dme
The Gsun in your eyes, you can D/F#hardly see
It's the Fmost EbeautiDful thing
                G     Am(m)    Am    G     D  Am  
The way___ you believe

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Little Lifeboats

by Emily White

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

Emily White - Little Lifeboats

## NOTE: (m) = Hit muted strings once ##

CAPO: 2nd Fret

Am Am

(m)

I know what it's like to implode

G D

I watched it in my brother from my little lifeboat

Am Am

(m)

As I floated in the dark

G D

Breakfast for a hungry beast

Am Am

(m)

But you are not the sea

G D

No, you're not the sea

(m)

And you are not the moon

And I am no lost bug

G D

Headed for something carnal

Am Am G D

(m)

Distracted by what's false

(m)

We were just two unhip hipsters

Am G

Who really could care less

We met when it was simple

D Am Am

(m)

Now, we'll have to figure out the rest

G D

Yeah, we'll figure out the rest

CHORUS:

F E D

'Cause when you look at me

G D/F#

Sun in your eyes, you can hardly see

F E D

It's the most beautiful thing

G Am Am G D

(m)

The way___ you believe

(m)

All laid out like a fish

I smell like brine and shit

G D Am Am G D

(m)

No bones left, just the tender bits

(m)

And I hold so tight

To that slightest thread

And then the thread snaps,

D Am Am G D

(m)

I think I lost myself, eh eh

CHORUS:

F E D

But when you look at me

G D/F#

The sun in your eyes, you can hardly see

F E D

It's the most beautiful thing

G Am Am G D

(m)

The way___ you believe

BRIDGE:

F C F C

From Canyonlands to Florida's sand

E7 F C F C E7

All of my life the back of your hands__________

Am Am

(m)

Oh, it gets so cold, but it just won't snow

G D

We'll go for slippery walks down the icy roads

Am Am

(m)

And we were loaded like two guns

G D

Biting rubber bullets between our teeth

Am Am

(m)

But we were free

G D

Yeah, we thought that we were free

(m)

And you hold so tight

To that slightest thread

And then the thread snaps,

D Am Am G D

(m)

You think you lost yourself, eh eh

(m)

We're just two grown-up children

Am G

Who really could care less

We thought we'd live forever

D Am Am

(m)

Now we'll have to figure out the rest

G D

And yeah, we'll figure out the rest

CHORUS:

F E D

'Cause when you look at me

G D/F#

The sun in your eyes, you can hardly see

F E D

It's the most beautiful thing

G Am Am G D Am

(m)

The way___ you believe

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