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How To Save A Life Acoustic Tab

by The Fray


Capo 3
Std Tuning

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

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



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

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

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

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