Colin Hay – Lifeline (Guitar)

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Taken from the Going Somewhere album Chords used: G 320033 D/F# 200232 Em 022000 C X32010 F 133211 Am X02210 [Verse 1]
Em         G          D/F#           G   
Get out of Hollywood, drive into the hills

Em              G         D/F#            C  
Roll down the top and then just throw away your pills 

Em              G            D/F#           G   
You’ll never forget her, so why do you even try? 

Em              G              D/F#       C  
Things will get easier as the days go creeping by 
[Bridge]
F          C   F                Am
Broke my heart, I saw it coming from the start 

F                C                 G   
I really hate to see the shape I’m in 

F             C     F                  Am      
Broke all the rules  and you know life can be cruel but 

F           C                  G         
I think it’s time I learned to swim
[Chorus]
G   D/F#  C 
Show me, there still can be some mystery

G  D/F#    Am
I haven't found

Em   D/F#  C
Throw me, a lifeline to the lost at sea

G    D/F#     F     D/F#
Don't let me drown
[Verse 2]
Em         G          D/F#           G   
And if I had my way, tell you what I'd do

Em              G               D/F#          C  
Drive down to the lake  before the sky is blue

Em              G            D/F#           G   
Fill up my bottle  with water from the spring 

Em              G               D/F#        C  
Because I read somewhere that it cures everything
[Bridge]
F          C   F                Am
Broke my heart, I saw it coming from the start 

F                C                 G   
I really hate to see the shape I’m in 

F             C     F                  Am      
Broke all the rules  and you know life can be cruel but 

F           C                  G         
I think it’s time I learned to swim
[Chorus]
G   D/F#  C 
Show me, there still can be some mystery

G  D/F#    Am
I haven't found

Em   D/F#  C
Throw me, a lifeline to the lost at sea

G    D/F#     F     D/F#
Don't let me drown
[Instrumental] Em G D/F# G Em G D/F# C [Bridge]
F          C   F                Am
Broke my heart, I saw it coming from the start 

F                C                 G   
I really hate to see the shape I’m in 

F             C    F                 Am      
Broke all the rules and you know life can be cruel but 

F          C                   G         
I think it’s time I learned to swim
[Chorus]
G   D/F#  C 
Show me, there still can be some mystery

G  D/F#    Am
I haven't found

Em   D/F#  C
Throw me, a lifeline to the lost at sea

G    D/F#     C
Don't let me drown
[Outro]
G   D/F#  C 
Show me, a way out of this misery

G  D/F#    Am
I haven't found

Em   D/F#  C
Throw me, a lifeline to the lost at sea

G    D/F#     F     D/F#
Don't let me drown

              F     D/F#
Don't let me drown

              F     D/F#
Don't let me drown

              F     D/F#
Don't let me drown