The Fray - How To Save A Life

Intro - G, D, Em, D

     G              D                Em                D                G
Step one you say we need to talk, he walks you say sit down it's just a talk
             D               Em              D                 G
He smiles politely back at you  You stare politely right on through
               D             Em                D                 G
Some sort of window to your right, as he goes left and you stay right
              D                Em                      D
Between the lines of fear and blame, and you begin to wonder why you came


  C             D                Em               G             D
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em                G        D
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life

G                 D                     Em            D            G
Let him know that you know best, 'cause after all you do know best
                 D            Em               D         G
Try to slip past his defense, without granting innocence
           D                     Em                   D
Lay down a list of what is wrong    The things you've told him all along
    G              D              Em             D
And pray to God he hears you, and pray to God he hears you

 C             D                Em                 G             D
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em                 G        D
And I would have stayed up with you all night  Had I known how to save a life

G   D   Em   D

G                  D                 Em              D                         G
As he begins to raise his voice  You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                D                Em                         D        G
Drive until you lose the road Or break with the ones you've followed
           D                 Em               D
He will do one of two things He will admit to everything
G                      D                Em                D
Or he'll say he's just not the same And you'll begin to wonder why you came

 C             D                Em                 G             D
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em                 G        D
And I would have stayed up with you all night  Had I known how to save a life
 C             D                Em                 G             D
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em                 G        D
And I would have stayed up with you all night  Had I known how to save a life

G  D  Em

D                    G   D   Em  D
How to save a life               How to save a life


C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G        D
Had I known how to save a life


CHORUS:

C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G        D
Had I known how to save a life

G   D   Em

D               G     D   Em
How to save a life

D               G     D   Em
How to save a life

G   D   Em   D