Gm                Bb            Eb
Drunk as hell this night on the stereo
Gm                Bb            Eb
Place your hands in mine, so very old
   Gm                 Bb            Eb
And breathe the silence there to be won
   Gm              Bb           Eb
And in the night affairs to be done

[Chorus]
Eb                Bb                 Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me
Gm               Bb                 Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me
Gm               Bb                 Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me
Gm                Bb                          Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me over my head

[Verse 2]
Gm                   Bb                 Eb
Hope might hold this house on the merry-go
Gm                   Bb       Eb
Place your hands in mine, so very cold
Gm           F          Eb
Light years away from me
Gm            Bb        Eb
And God, why can't you see?

[Chorus]
Eb                Bb               Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me
F                 Bb               Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me
Gm                Bb               Eb
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me
Gm                Bb               Eb         Gm
I'm waiting for a lifeline to hold me over my head

[Verse 3]
Gm             Bb              Eb
Hold my father's soul and I lost it all
Bb                         Eb
Breathe the Surrey snow and I gotta go
Cm           Bb        Eb
Light years away from me
    Gm        Bb      Eb
And God, why can't you see?