The Fray
How To Save A Life
2005
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: Bb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bb -  x13331
F/A - x032xx
Gm -  355333
F -   133211
Eb -  x68886


Intro: Bb-F/A-Bb-F-


Verse 1:
     Bb (x1333x@1)           F/AStep (x03211@1)one you say we need to talk
   Bb (x1333x@1)              FHe (133211@1)walks you say sit down it's just a talk
            F/A (x03211@1)          BbHe (x1333x@1)smiles politely back at you
            F/AYou (x03211@1)stare politely right on through
Bb (x1333x@1)           F/A (x03211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1) Some sort of window to your right
           F (133211@1)               BbAs (x1333x@1)he goes left and you stay right
            F/A (x03211@1)             BbBetween (x1333x@1)the lines of fear and blame
                 F/A (x03211@1)   
And you begin to wonder why you came


Chorus:
Eb (x43121@3)           FWhere (133211@1)did I go wrong
         GmI (355333@1)lost a friend
           BbSomewhere (x1333x@1)along in the bitterness
    EbAnd (x43121@3)I would have stayed 
F (133211@1)             Gmup (355333@1)with you all night
            Bb (x1333x@1)   F/AHad (x03211@1)I known how to save a life


Interlude: Bb-F/A-Bb-F-


Verse 2:
Bb (x1333x@1)              F/ALet (x03211@1)him know that you know best
      Gm (355333@1)          FCause (133211@1)after all you do know best
Bb (x1333x@1)               F/A (x03211@1) Try to slip past his defense
Gm (355333@1)             FWithout (133211@1)granting innocence
Bb (x1333x@1)         F/A (x03211@1)           Gm (355333@1) Lay down a list of what is wrong
                  FThe (133211@1)things you've told him all along
    Bb (x1333x@1)           F/AAnd (x03211@1)pray to God he hears you
    Gm (355333@1)           FAnd (133211@1)pray to God he hears you


(Repeat Chorus)


Interlude: Bb-F/A-Gm-F-


Verse 3:
   BbAs (x1333x@1)he begins to 
F/Araise (x03211@1)his voice
    GmYou (355333@1)lower yours and 
F (133211@1)                Bbgrant (x1333x@1)him one last choice
                F/ADrive (x03211@1)until you lose the 
        Gmroad (355333@1)Or break with the 
            Fones (133211@1)you've followed
Bb (x1333x@1)         F/A (x03211@1) He will do one of two things
Gm (355333@1)             F (133211@1)He will admit to everything
BbOr (x1333x@1)he'll say he's 
     F/Ajust (x03211@1)not the same
    GmAnd (355333@1)you'll begin to 
Fwonder (133211@1)why you came


(Repeat Chorus twice)


Interlude:
Bb F/A Gm F
          How to save alife (x02210@1)Bb F/A Gm F
          How to save alife (x02210@1)

(Repeat Chorus twice)


Outro:
Bb F/A Gm F
          How to save alife (x02210@1)BbF/A GmF      F/A (x03211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)F/AGm Fx2 (133211@1)Bb(hold)
          How to save alife (x02210@1)