Lifesaver
by Sunrise Avenue · posted by MuhaFranz
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
If you can't play the overblow 6o, take -7
Lifesaver
(Sunrise Avenue)-5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
I’m fighting to hard to win
-5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
Back on the ground again
-5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
I feel like giving in
-5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
But you're my second wind-3bb 4 -4 5 -4 4
Don't you e - ver tire
-3bb 4 -4 5 -4 4
Fa - cing all my fires
-3bb 4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -3bb
I don't need no one but you right now
-3bb -2 -2bb
So, I say:
Refrain:
-5 6 -6 7 -8 -8 -8 7 -6
Oh, my friend, you're holding out your hand
7 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 6 -5 6
I take it like an oar from the depth
-5 6 -6 7 7 -8 -8 -8 7 -6
Hey, Lifesaver, I'm drowning in despair
7 7 - 8 -8 -8 7 -6 6 6 -5 6
It’s you're fighting for me right until the end
-6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 7 7 6o 6o -6 -6
You pull me back to land and save me once again
-5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
You help me wash a - way
-5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
The insane mistakes I made
-5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
And I see it in your face
-5 -5 -5 5 4 -3bb
My on-ly source of grace-3bb 4 -4 -4 5 -4 4
No, I don't take for granted
-3bb 4 -4 5 -4 4
All the time you've wasted
-3bb 4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -3bb
Making sacrifi-ces for a fool
-3bb -2 -2bb
So, I say:--> Refrain
-5 -5 -5 -6 7
You lift me higher,
-5 -5 -5 -6 7
You hold the fire,
-5 -5 -5 -6 6 6 -5 -5
You make me strong enough to stay-5 -5 -5 -6 7
You lift me higher,
-8 7 6o -6 -5
You hold the fire,
-5 -5 -5 6
Made up stand tall
4 4 -5 -5 5 -4
But without you I'd fall
--> Refrain-5 -5 -5 -6 7
You lift me higher,
-5 -5 -5 -6 7
You hold the fire,
-5 -5 -5 -6 6 6 -5 -5
You make me strong enough to stay