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How To Save A Life chords by
The Fray
The Fray

2005Rock
4.7 (98)
Intro 1
G
Bm
G
Bm

Verse 1
G
Bm

Step one, you say we need to talk
G
Bm
G

He walks, you say sit down, it's just a talk
Bm

He smiles politely back at you
G
Bm
G

You stare politely right on through
Bm
G

Some sort of window to your right
Bm
G

As he goes left, and you stay right
Bm
G

Between the lines of fear and blame
Bm

You begin to wonder why you came
Chorus 1
C
D

Where did I go wrong?
Em

I lost a friend
G
D

Somewhere along in the bitterness
C
D

And I would have stayed up
Em

with you all night
G
D
G

Had I known how to save a life
Bm
G
Bm

Verse 2
G
Bm

Let him know that you know best
Em
Bm

'Cause after all, you do know best
G
Bm

Try to slip past his defense
Em
Bm

Without granting innocence
G
Bm
Em

Lay down a list of what is wrong
Bm

The things you've told him all along
G
Bm

And pray to God he hears you
Em
Bm

And I pray to God he hears you
Chorus 2
C
D

And where did I go wrong?
Em

I lost a friend
G
D

Somewhere along in the bitterness
C
D

And I would have stayed up
Em

with you all night
G
D
G

Had I known how to save a life
Bm
Em
Bm

Verse 3
G
Bm

As he begins to raise his voice
Em
Bm
G

You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Bm

Drive until you lose the road
Em
Bm

Or break with the ones you've followed
G
Bm

He will do one of two things
Em
Bm

He will admit to everything
G
Bm

Or he'll say he's just not the same
Em
Bm

And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Chorus 3
C
D

Where did I go wrong?
Em

I lost a friend
G
D

Somewhere along in the bitterness
C
D

And I would have stayed up
Em

with you all night
G
D

Had I known how to save a life
Chorus 4
C
D

Where did I go wrong?
Em

I lost a friend
G
D

Somewhere along in the bitterness
C
D

And I would have stayed up
Em

with you all night
G
D

Had I known how to save a life
Interlude 1
G
Bm
G

Bm
G
Bm
G

How to save a life
Bm

How to save a life
Chorus 5
C
D

Where did I go wrong?
Em

I lost a friend
G
D

Somewhere along in the bitterness
C
D

And I would have stayed up
Em

with you all night
G
D

Had I known how to save a life
Chorus 6
C
D

Where did I go wrong?
Em

I lost a friend
G
D

Somewhere along in the bitterness
C
D

And I would have stayed up
Em

with you all night
G
D

Had I known how to save a life
Outro 1
G
Bm
G

Bm
G
Bm
G

How to save a life
Bm
G

How to save a life
Bm
G
Bm

G

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  • C

  • D

  • Em

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