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How To Save A Life by The Fray - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro]
G  D/F#  G  Bm

[Verse]
G                    D/F#
Step one you say we need to talk
    Em                 D        D/F#    G
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
             D/F#           Em
He smiles politely back at you
             D       D/F#      G
You stare politely right on through
               D/F#          Em
Some sort of window to your right
             D       D/F#      G
As he goes left and you stay right
              D/F#             Em
Between the lines of fear and blame
                   D     D/F#
And you begin to wonder why you came

[Chorus]
  C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G     D/F#     G
Had I known how to save a life

[Instrumental]
D   Em   D

[Verse]
G                 D/F#
Let him know that you know best
       Em           D        D/F#
Cause after all you do know best
G                  D/F#
  Try to slip past his defense
Em               D        D/F#
Without granting innocence
G             D/F#             Em
   Lay down a list of what is wrong
             D        D/F#
The things you’ve told him all along
G                   D/F#
And pray to God he hears you
    Em             D        D/F#
And pray to God he hears you

[Chorus]
  C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G     D/F#    G
Had I known how to save a life

[Instrumental]
D   Em   D

[Verse]
    G            D/F#
As he begins to raise his voice
     Em              D       D/F#          G
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                 D/F#
Drive until you lose the road
    Em             D           D/F#
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
G             D/F#
   He will do one of two things
Em            D   D/F#
He will admit to everything
G                      D/F#
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
     Em             D/F#
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came

[Chorus] 
  C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G     D/F#    
Had I known how to save a life

  C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D                Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G     D/F#    G
Had I known how to save a life

[Interlude] 
D G  D/F#          G
     How to save a life
D G  D/F#       
     How to save a life

[Chorus] (x2)
  C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D               Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G     D/F#   
Had I known how to save a life

  C             D                Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G             D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C                   D               Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G     D/F#    G
Had I known how to save a life

[Outro] 
D G  D/F#          G
     How to save a life
D G  D/F#          G    D/F#  G  Bm  G
     How to save a life


Piano riff that happens periodically throughout the song:

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