How To Save A Life by The Fray standard tuning capo 10th fret |-----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|-----------------| |-1---------------|-3---------------|------------------|-0-------3-------| |---0---0---0--(0)|---0---0---0---0-|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-| |-----2---2--(2)--|-----2---2---2---|------2---2---2---|-----2-------2---|x5 |-3---------------|-2---------------|-3----------------|-2-------2-------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| VERSE 1: C G/B Step one you say we need to talk Am G G/B C He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk G/B Am He smiles politely back at you G G/B C You stare politely right on through G/B Am Some sort of window to your right G G/B C As he goes left and you stay right G/B Am Between the lines of fear and blame G G/B And you begin to wonder why you came CHORUS: F G Am Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend C G Somewhere along in the bitterness F G Am And I would have stayed up with you all night C G Had I known how to save a life VERSE 2: C G/B Let him know that you know best Am G G/B C Cause after all you do know best G/B Am Try to slip past his defence G G/B C Without granting innocence G/B Am Lay down a list of what is wrong G G/B C The things you’ve told him all along G G/B And pray to God he hears you CHORUS: F G Am Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend C G Somewhere along in the bitterness F G Am And I would have stayed up with you all night C G Had I known how to save a life VERSE 3: C G/B As he begins to raise his voice Am G G/B C You lower yours and grant him one last choice G/B Am Drive until you lose the road G G/B C Or break with the ones you’ve followed G/B Am He will do one of two things G G/B C He will admit to everything G/B Am Or he’ll say he’s just not the same G G/B And you’ll begin to wonder why you came CHORUS: F G Am Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend C G Somewhere along in the bitterness F G Am And I would have stayed up with you all night C G Had I known how to save a life www.TAB6.com