How To Save A Life Chords - The Fray

Capo - 3rd Fret

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

(C) Where did I go (D) wrong, I lost a (Em) friend
Somewhere a(G)long in the bitter(D)ness
And (C) I would have stayed (D) up with you all (Em) night
Had I known (G) how to (D) save a (G) life

(G) Let him know that (D) you know best
Cause (Em) after all you do (D) know best (G)
Try to slip past (D) his defence
(Em) Without granting (D) innocence (G)
Lay down a (D) list of what is (Em) wrong
The things you've (D) told him all along
And (G) pray to God he (D) hears you
And (Em) pray to God he (D) hears you

(C) Where did I go (D) wrong, I lost a (Em) friend
Somewhere a(G)long in the bitter(D)ness
And (C) I would have stayed (D) up with you all (Em) night
Had I known (G) how to (D) save a (G) life

(G) As he begins to (D) raise his voice
You (Em) lower yours and (D) grant him one last (G) choice
Drive until (D) you lose the road
Or (Em) break with the ones you've (D) followed (G)
He will do one (D) of two things
(Em) He will admit to (D) everything
(G) Or he'll say he's just (D) not the same
And (Em) you'll begin to (D) wonder why you came

(C) Where did I go (D) wrong, I lost a (Em) friend
Somewhere a(G)long in the bitter(D)ness
And (C) I would have stayed (D) up with you all (Em) night
Had I known (G) how to (D) save a (G) life

(C) Where did I go (D) wrong, I lost a (Em) friend
Somewhere a(G)long in the bitter(D)ness
And (C) I would have stayed (D) up with you all (Em) night
Had I known (G) how to (D) save a (G) life

(G) (D) (Em)

(D) How to save a life (G) (D) (Em)
(D) How to save a life

(C) Where did I go (D) wrong, I lost a (Em) friend
Somewhere a(G)long in the bitter(D)ness
And (C) I would have stayed (D) up with you all (Em) night
Had I known (G) how to (D) save a (G) life

(C) Where did I go (D) wrong, I lost a (Em) friend
Somewhere a(G)long in the bitter(D)ness
And (C) I would have stayed (D) up with you all (Em) night
Had I known (G) how to (D) save a (G) life