Intro: E

C#m                                G#m          B
Life is much too short to sit and wonder
B                          C#m  B  C#m
Who's gonna make the next move
                        E
and will slowly pull you under
B                                 C#m           B  A
when you've always got something, prove?

A                       E
I don't want to wait a lifetime
        B               C#m     B  A
Yours or mine, yours or mine
                                   E
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
    B C#m            A   E
Your lifeline, your lifeline
    B C#m            A   E
Your lifeline, the lifeline

   C#m                  G#m   B
You say that I misheard you
                    C#m B C#m
but I think you misspoke
                     E
I hear you laugh so loudly
B                          C#m    B  A
while I patiently await the joke

                           E
I don't want to wait a lifetime
   B            C#m     B
Not Yours, not mine
 A                                 E
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
    B C#m            A   E
The lifeline, the lifeline
    B C#m            A  D C B C D C B C G F# F F# G F# F  C#m
Your lifeline, your life

C#m                       G#m   B
It's a crime with only victims
                        C#m  B  C#m
We're all laid out in a row
                   E    B
It's hardest to listen
                        C#m    B A
to what we already should know

A                          E
I could hold out for a lifetime
          B             C#m  B  A
Yours or mine, yours or mine
A                                     E
Can't you see me reaching for your lifeline?
    B C#m            A   E
your lifeline, your lifeline
    B C#m            A   E
the lifeline, the lifeline
     B C#m           A          B   C  D  E
your lifeline, your life, your life