Chelsea Cutler - the lifeboat’s empty!: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "the lifeboat’s empty!" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn the lifeboat’s empty! ukulele chords and lyrics

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

A#maj7
Empty
    F            C             A#maj7
I pour myself into you and you let me
      Dm              C              A#maj7
Then say you're overwhelmed and you resent me
                   F              C
'Cause you don't know how to let somebody down
 A#maj7
gently
    Dm  C
Do you? Oh

A#                     F
Never got what I needed
        C                A#
And my love has a ceiling
                         Dm  C
Nothing left to believe in, no

Chorus:
A#
Ooh
          F                          C
You want something that I can't give anymore
A#
Ooh
        Dm                         C
I can't go back to the way things were before

After
I'm the one who breathes the smoke from your
disaster
Then you say it's my fault my heart's beatin'
faster
And you ask me how I'm feelin' like it matters
To you

Never got what I needed
And my love has a ceilin'
Nothin' left to believe in, no

Chorus:
A#
Ooh
          F                          C
You want something that I can't give anymore
A#
Ooh
        Dm                         C
I can't go back to the way things were before
A#                        F                 C
And I can't breathe down here, when did we get
so heavy?
A#                 Dm                      C
Tell me why we're drowning still when the lifeboat's
empty - x2

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#

Ukulele chord A#

A#maj7

Ukulele chord A#maj7

C

Ukulele chord C

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

F

Ukulele chord F

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele 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 "the lifeboat’s empty!" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "the lifeboat’s empty!" by Chelsea Cutler.