How To Save A Life Chords & Tabs
by The Fray
[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 122
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]
* - Strum once
[Intro]
G D/F# G D/F#
[Verse 1]
G D/F#
Step one you say we need to talk
Em7 D/F# G
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
D/F# Em7
He smiles politely back at you
D/F# G
You stare politely right on through
D/F# Em7
Some sort of window to your right
D/F# G
As he goes left and you stay right
D/F# Em7
Between the lines of fear and blame
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#
Had I known how to save a life
[Instrumental]
G D/F# Em7 D/F#
[Verse 2]
G D/F#
Let him know that you know best
Em7 D/F#
Cause after all you do know best
G D/F#
Try to slip past his defense
Em7 D/F#
Without granting innocence
G D/F# Em7
Lay down a list of what is wrong
D/F#
The things you’ve told him all along
G D/F#
Pray to God he hears you
Em7 D/F#
And I pray to God he hears you
[Chorus]
C D Em
And 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]
G D/F# Em7 D/F#
[Verse 3]
G D/F#
As he begins to raise his voice
Em7 D/F# G
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
D/F#
Drive until you lose the road
Em7 D/F#
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
G D/F#
He will do one of two things
Em7 D/F#
He will admit to everything
G D/F#
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
Em7 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/F# Em7 D/F# G
How to save a life
D/F# Em7 D/F#
How to save a life
[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
[Outro]
GD/F# Em7 D/F#G
How to save a life
D/F# Em7 D/F# G
How to save a life
D/F# Em7 D/F# G*
Piano riff that happens periodically throughout the song:
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B|-3-3-3-3----1-0-------|
G|---------2------0-----|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
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