How To Save A Life chords by
The Fray

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Step one, you say we need to talk
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He walks, you say sit down, it's just a talk
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He smiles politely back at you
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You stare politely right on through
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Some sort of window to your right
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As he goes left, and you stay right
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Between the lines of fear and blame
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You begin to wonder why you came

Chorus 1
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Where did I go wrong?
Gm Gm 3
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I lost a friend
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Somewhere along in the bitterness
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And I   would have stayed up
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with you all night
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Had I known how to save a life
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Verse 2
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Let him know that you know best
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'Cause after all, you do  know best
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Try to slip past his defense
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Without granting innocence
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Gm Gm 3
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Lay down a list of what is wrong
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The things you've told him all along
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And pray to God he hears you
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And I pray to God he hears you

Chorus 2
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And where did I go wrong?
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I lost a friend
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Somewhere along in the bitterness
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And I   would have stayed up
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with you all night
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Had I known how to save a life
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Gm Gm 3
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Verse 3
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As he  begins to raise his voice
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You lower yours and grant him one last choice
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Drive until you lose the road
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Or break with the ones you've followed
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He will do one of two things
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He  will admit to everything
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Or  he'll say he's just not the same
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And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Chorus 3
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Where did I go wrong?
Gm Gm 3
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I lost a friend
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Somewhere along in the bitterness
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And I   would have stayed up
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with you all night
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Had I known how to save a life

Chorus 4
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Where did I go wrong?
Gm Gm 3
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I lost a friend
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Somewhere along in the bitterness
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And I   would have stayed up
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with you all night
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Had I known how to save a life

Interlude 1

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How to save a life

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How to save a life

Chorus 5
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Where did I go wrong?
Gm Gm 3
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I lost a friend
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F F 
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Somewhere along in the bitterness
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And I   would have stayed up
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with you all night
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F F 
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Had I known how to save a life

Chorus 6
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Where did I go wrong?
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I lost a friend
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F F 
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Somewhere along in the bitterness
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F F 
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And I   would have stayed up
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with you all night
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F F 
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Had I known how to save a life

Outro 1
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How to save a life
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How to save a life
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