How To Save A Life by The Fray

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - full tab and chords
capo 3
All tabs realtive to capo

D/F# is just a D chord with an extra note added on the high e string. It's the step
the D and G chords. You wrap your thumb around the neck to hit it. For the one in the
you can actually just play the one note and leave the D chord out of it, as long
as you only play the top strings.

D/F#
E---2---|
A---3---|
D---2---|
G---0---|
B---0---|
e---2---|

here's the intro progression, if you choose to play it. Otherwise just pick the intro
below.
G   D/F#  Em    D   D/F# (or just the one note)   G

INTRO - played throughout verse 1

E--------------------------------------------------------|
A-------2--------------2-------------2-------------------|
D-----0----0---------0----0--------0----0----------------|
G--0--------------2-----------------------------0----2---|
B-------------------------------0------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|

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


CHORUS
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------2--------2---0----------------2------------0----------------2---------|
B---3--0--3-----1--0-------------3--0--3-----1--0----3----------3--0--3-----1--0---|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
2---0-------------0---0--2---|
--------------3--0-----------|
-----------------------------|


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


play PART 2 (twice) and INTRO (twice) at the same time after the chorus


PART 2
E---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------4--------|
G---------------------------0----2---0--|
B---5--3--1--0--1--0--0--0--------------|
e---------------------------------------|


verse 2

INTRO - (twice)
E--------------------------------------------------------|
A-------2--------------2-------------2-------------------|
D-----0----0---------0----0--------0----0----------------|
G--0--------------2-----------------------------0----2---|
B-------------------------------0------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|

G                 D/F#
Let him know that you know best
	Em            D       D/F#
'cause after all, you do know best
G                 D/F#       Em               D       D/F#
Try to slip past his defense without granting innocence


Play INTRO with PART 2 (once) at...

G                 D/F#     Em
Lay down a list of what is wrong
          D         D/F#
Things he told you all along


Play only PART 3 (once) with PART 2 (once) at...

G              D/F#
Pray to God he hears you
      Em             D      D/F#
And I pray to God he hears you


PART 3
E----------------------------------|
A----------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|
G----------------2--------0--------|
B---3--3--3--3------1--0-----------|
e----------------------------------|

CHORUS:

PART 2 + INTRO:


verse 3

INTRO - (twice)
E--------------------------------------------------------|
A-------2--------------2-------------2-------------------|
D-----0----0---------0----0--------0----0----------------|
G--0--------------2-----------------------------0----2---|
B-------------------------------0------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|

G               D/F#   	             Em
As he begins to raise his voice, you lower yours
    D         D/F#      G
And grant him one last choice
                D/F#	         Em                      D   D/F#
Drive until you lose the road or break with the ones you followed

Play INTRO with PART 2 (once) at...

G          D/F#
He will do one of two things
Em               D     D/F#
He will admit to everything


Play only PART 2 (once) with PART 3 (once) at...


G                      D/F#
Or he'll say he's just not the same
    Em              D      D/F#
And you'll begin to wonder why you came


CHORUS:

CHORUS: (+joe's harmony)

INTRO:

PART 3:

CHORUS:

CHORUS: (+background voices)


PART 2 + PART 3:

PART 2 + PART 3:

INTRO:


(then ben rocks the drums to finish it up:)


if there's anything wrong with it or you want me to explain better...let me know at 
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