How To Save A Life original guitar chords by
The Fray

2005Rock24.1K views

Key: Bb major

Intro 1

Bb

Dm/A

Bb

Dm/A

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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F F 
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Where     did I go wrong?
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I lost a friend
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F/A F/A 
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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/A F/A 
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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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Gm7 Gm7 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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F/A F/A 
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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/A F/A 
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Had I known how to save  a life
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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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F F 
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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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F F 
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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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F F 
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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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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/A F/A 
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Had I known how to save  a life

Interlude 1

Bb

Dm/A

Bb

Dm/A

Bb

Dm/A

Bb

How to save a life

Dm/A

How to save a life

Chorus 5
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Where did I go wrong?
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I lost a friend
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F/A F/A 
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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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Had I known how to save  a life

Chorus 6
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F F 
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Where     did I go wrong?
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I lost a friend
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F/A F/A 
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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/A F/A 
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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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