This is a pretty simple way of playing this song and duplicating the sound of the piano 
a guitar. Once you get the main gist of it, it mostly repeats. The other tabs I've seen 
really make too much sense or are fragmented so I hope everyone can enjoy this one.

How To Save A Life
By The Fray
Standard Tuning

	C                                             Em7
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Step 1 you say we need to talk   he walks, you say sit down its just a talk


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     Smiles politely back at you, you stare politely right on

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Through, some sort of window to your right as he goes left and you stay


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right, between the lines of fear and blame you begin to wonder why you came

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Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness and

F                   G               Am                F      G      C
I would have stayed up with you all night, had I know How to save a life


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Let him know that you know best, cause after all you do know best,

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Try to step out of his defense, without granting innocence


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	Lay down a list of what is wrong, things you told him all along

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and  pray to god he hears you and    pray to god he hears you     and


F              G               Am                C
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness and

F                   G               Am                F      G      C
I would have stayed up with you all night, had I know How to save a life


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As he begins to raise his voice, you lower yours and grant him one last

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Choice, drive until you lose the road, or break with the ones you followed


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	He will do one of two things, he will admit to everything

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or he'll say he's just not the same and you'll begin to wonder why you came


F              G               Am                C
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness and

F                   G               Am                C
I would have stayed up with you all night, had I know How to save a life

F              G               Am                C
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness and

F                   G               Am                F      G      C
I would have stayed up with you all night, had I know How to save a life

Tabbed by theflyingwaffle