• Song:

    How To Save A Life (original Key)

  • Artist:

    The Fray

Bb5 F5 G5 F5

     Bb5              F5
Step one you say we need to talk
    G5               F5               Bb5
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
             F5               G5
He smiles politely back at you
             F5               Bb5
You stare politely right on through
              F5              G5
Some sort of window to your right
            F5               Bb5
As he goes left and you stay right
             F5                 G5
Between the lines of fear and blame
                  F5              Eb5
And you begin to wonder why you came


                 F5               G5
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            Bb5       F5      Eb5
Somewhere along in the bitterness
                        F5                G5
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             Bb5     F5    Bb5  F5 G5 F5
Had I known how to save a life


 Bb5                     F5
Let him know that you know best
      G5            F5
Cause after all you do know best
Bb5                  F5
  Try to slip past his defense
 G5              F5
Without granting innocence
Bb5            F5                G5
  Lay down a list of what is wrong
             F5                    Bb5
The things you've told him all along
                     F5
And pray to God, he hears you
      G5             F5     Eb5
And pray to God, he hears you


                 F5               G5
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            Bb5       F5      Eb5
Somewhere along in the bitterness
                        F5                G5
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             Bb5     F5    Bb5  F5 G5 F5
Had I known how to save a life


    Bb5           F5
As he begins to raise his voice
     G5               F5                Bb5
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                 F5
Drive until you lose the road
     G5                        F5
Or break with the ones you've followed
Bb5           F5
  He will do one of two things
G5                 F5
  He will admit to everything
Bb5                 F5
Or he'll say he's just not the same
     G5           F5               Eb5
And you begin to wonder why you came


                 F5               G5
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            Bb5       F5      Eb5
Somewhere along in the bitterness
                        F5                G5
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             Bb5     F5        Eb5
Had I known how to save a life
                 F5               G5
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            Bb5       F5      Eb5
Somewhere along in the bitterness
                        F5                G5
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             Bb5     F5    Bb5 F5 G5 F5
Had I known how to save a life


Bb5                F5 G5 F5
 How to save a life
Bb5                F5 G5 F5 Eb5
 How to save a life 


                 F5               G5
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            Bb5       F5      Eb5
Somewhere along in the bitterness
                        F5                G5
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             Bb5     F5        Eb5
Had I known how to save a life
                 F5               G5
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            Bb5       F5      Eb5
Somewhere along in the bitterness
                        F5                G5
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             Bb5     F5    Bb5 F5 G5 F5
Had I known how to save a life


Bb5                F5 G5 F5
 How to save a life
Bb5                F5 G5 F5 Intro
 How to save a life
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