[Intro]
F C Dm C
[Verse]
F C
Step one you say we need to talk
Dm C F
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
C Dm
He smiles politely back at you
C F
You stare politely right on through
C Dm
Some sort of window to your right
C F
As he goes left and you stay right
C Dm
Between the lines of fear and blame
C
And you begin to wonder why you came
[Chorus]
A# C Dm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# C Dm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F C F C Dm C
Had I known how to save a life
[Verse]
F C
Let him know that you know best
Dm C F
Cause after all you do know best
C
Try to slip past his defense
Dm C F
Without granting innocence
C Dm
Lay down a list of what is wrong
C
The things you've told him all along
F C
And pray to God he hears you
Dm C
And pray to God he hears you
[Chorus]
A# C Dm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# C Dm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F C F C Dm C
Had I known how to save a life
[Verse]
F C
As he begins to raise his voice
Dm C F
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
C
Drive until you lose the road
Dm C F
Or break with the ones you've followed
C
He will do one of two things
Dm C
He will admit to everything
F C
Or he'll say he's just not the same
Dm C
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
[Chorus]
A# C Dm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# C Dm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F C
Had I known how to save a life
[Chorus]
A# C Dm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# C Dm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F C F C Dm
Had I known how to save a life
[Bridge]
C F C Dm
How to save a life
C
How to save a life
[Chorus]
A# C Dm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# C Dm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F C
Had I known how to save a life
[Chorus]
A# C Dm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# C Dm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F C F C Dm
Had I known how to save a life
[Outro]
C F C Dm
How to save a life
C F C Dm C
How to save a life
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[Intro]
F C Dm C
[Verse]
F C
Step one you say we need to talk
Dm He walks you say sit
C F
down it's just a talk
C Dm
He smiles politely back at you
C You stare politely
F
right on through
C Dm
Some sort of window to your right
C F
As he goes left and you stay right
C Between the lines
Dm
of fear and blame
And you begin to
C
wonder why you came
[Chorus]
A# C Where did I go wrong,
Dm
I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# And I would have stayed
C Dm
up with you all night
F C F C Dm C
Had I known how to save a life
[Verse]
F C
Let him know that you know best
Dm C F
Cause after all you do know best
C
Try to slip past his defense
Dm C F
Without granting innocence
C Dm
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
Dm C
And pray to God he hears you
[Chorus]
A# C Where did I go wrong,
Dm
I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# And I would have stayed
C Dm
up with you all night
F C F C Dm C
Had I known how to save a life
[Verse]
F C
As he begins to raise his voice
Dm 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
Dm C
He will admit to everything
F Or he'll say he's
C
just not the same
Dm And you'll begin to
C
wonder why you came
[Chorus]
A# C Where did I go wrong,
Dm
I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# And I would have stayed
C Dm
up with you all night
F C
Had I known how to save a life
[Chorus]
A# C Where did I go wrong,
Dm
I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# And I would have stayed
C Dm
up with you all night
F C F C Dm
Had I known how to save a life
[Bridge]
C F C Dm
How to save a life
C
How to save a life
[Chorus]
A# C Where did I go wrong,
Dm
I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# And I would have stayed
C Dm
up with you all night
F C
Had I known how to save a life
[Chorus]
A# C Where did I go wrong,
Dm
I lost a friend
F C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
A# And I would have stayed
C Dm
up with you all night
F C F C Dm
Had I known how to save a life
[Outro]
C F C Dm
How to save a life
C F C Dm C
How to save a life
F~