Snow Patrol - Lifeboats: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Lifeboats" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Lifeboats Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Snow Patrol

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Lifeboats" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F#m7
Hold on hold on,
let me get the words out before I burst
There's no truth at all poking
at the giant eyes of ancient gods
Cool heads have failed now
it's time for me to have my turn
Kiss me kiss me, life is way
too short to scream and shout.

Chorus:
F#m7
Flashed up in my wildest dreams
the dark red blood streams
            A                      B
Stretching out like vast cracked ice
F#m7
The veins of you the veins of me like
great forest trees
           A                B
Pushing through and on and in

Gliding like a satellite in the broken night
And when I wake you're there I'm saved
Your love is life piled tight and
high set against the sky
That seems to balance on it's own

Sing out sing out, the silence
only eats us from the inside up
I meant no harm but I only get
to say these words too late
Wake up wake up, dreaming only
leads to more and more nightmares
Snap out of it you said it in
a way that showed you really cared.

Chorus

Send your lifeboats out for me
Send your lifeboat out


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

F#m7

Guitar chord F#m7

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Lifeboats" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Lifeboats" by Snow Patrol.

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