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