Take Me In Your Lifeboat Song Lyrics and Chords by Del McCoury
Take Me In Your Lifeboat
Recorded by Del McCoury
Written by Chris Hillman
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Take me in your lifeboat oh
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take me in your life
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boat
It will stand the raging
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storm
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Take me in your lifeboat oh
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take me in your life
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boat
It will bear my spirit
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ho-
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me
Now come brothers sisters and
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don't fall a
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sleep
But pray night and day or you'll sink in the
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deep
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Fathers and mothers are
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praying so
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loud
Saying Lord won't you take me in your
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life
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boat
Repeat #1
The clouds are so heavy the
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winds are so
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loud
The thunder is rolling bursting in the
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clouds
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They pray to their shipmates for
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what they have
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done
They took the dying sinners in their
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life
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Repeat #1 x2
FAQ
Who sang the the song Take Me In Your Lifeboat?
- The song Take Me In Your Lifeboat was sang by Del McCoury.
Who is Del McCoury?
- Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939) is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo respectively. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2011 he was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.