How To Save A Life

[Intro]
F# C# D#m C#


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


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


[Verse]
F#                 C#
Let him know that you know best
      D#m            C#            F#
Cause after all you do know best
                 C#
Try to slip past his defense
D#m               C#         F#
Without granting innocence
           C#                     D#m
Lay down a list of what is wrong
                  
  The things you've
  C#
told him all along
    F#              C#
And pray to God he hears you
    D#m             C#
And pray to God he hears you


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


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


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


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


[Bridge]
C#             F#    C#   D#m
How to save a life
C#
How to save a life


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


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


[Outro]
C#             F#     C#  D#m
How to save a life
C#             F#     C#  D#m  C#
How to save a life
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