The Lifeboat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Ther[Am]e's[Em][Am][Em]
a shadow [Am]across [Em]the land
There's a hatred and a hun[Am]ger,
[F]and it's har[Am]d to und[Em]erstand
How [B]we fell so far from where
we [Em]began[Am][Em]
There's a stumble now
[B]in [Am]our ste[Em]p
There's blood in [Am]the flem,
there's [Em]a lump in the breast
There's [B]a smell of sickness on
our [Em]breath[F][Em]
There's a dread deep [C]down
[Em]in our bones
Something is [Am]finished,
abandon [Em]your homes
Strike [B]out into the great
[Em]unkn[Am]own[Em]
But there are no new [Am]con
tinents to be [Em]found
No new frontiers [B]to cross,
[Am]no gold [Em]in the ground
Stay with [B]the books,
blessed ye be [Em]drowned[B][F][Em]

[Verse 2]
[D]Save what you can
Be[Am]hind us the old world in flames
[D]Lower the lifeboats, take us to [Am]her
Steer the way
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]
There are stories [C]now
worth being [G]told
There are victories [C]to grasp
[Em]more [G]valuable than gold
And we will [Em]speak of to our chil
[C]dren when we're [G]gold
There are baffles now,
word[C]s being f[G]ormed
There are lessons to [C]be learned
and [G]later to be told
There are [Em]soldiers on [C]the field
who can't [G]be [?]
There's a clarity [C]now [G]in our view
From the [?] we [C]see [?] is
[G]old now is [Em]new
[?] we know [C]what we must [G]do
There is hope [C]now [G]in the wind
And the millions [C]who are marching
[G]demanding we be kind
From the new [Em]lives the life
[C]boat might [G]find

[Verse 4]
[D]Save what you can
Be[Am]hind us the old world in flames
[D]Lower the lifeboats, take us [Am]to her

[Interlude 1]
Steer the way
[G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][Em][C]
[G]

[Verse 5]
[D]Save what you can
Lower [Am]the lifeboats, steer [G]the way
[D]Find shore [?] the hori[Am]zon
through [G]the waves
[D]Steer a clear coarse to [Am]a new world,
to a new [G]day
[D]Save what you can
Lower the life[Am]boats, steer the way
[G][C][G]