How to Save a Life — The Fray
Chords and lyrics for How to Save a Life by The Fray (key of G).
Intro
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D/F#]
[G] [D/F#] [Em]
Verse 1
[G]Step one, you say we need to [D/F#]talk
[Em]He walks, you say sit down, it's just a [D/F#]talk
[G]He smiles politely back at [D/F#]you
[Em]You stare politely right on [D/F#]through
[G]Some sort of window to your [D/F#]right
[Em]As he goes left and you stay [D/F#]right
[G]Between the lines of fear and [D/F#]blame
[Em]And you begin to wonder why you [D/F#]came
Chorus
[C]Where did I go wrong, I lost a [D/F#]friend
[Em]Somewhere along in the [G]bitterness [D/F#]
[C]I would have stayed up with you all [D/F#]night
[Em]Had I known how to [G]save a [D/F#]life
Interlude
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D/F#]
[G] [D/F#] [Em]
Verse 2
[G]Let him know that you know [D/F#]best
[Em]After all you do know [D/F#]best
[G]Try to slip past his [D/F#]defense
[Em]Without granting [D/F#]innocence
[G]Lay down a list of what is [D/F#]wrong
[Em]The things you've told him all [D/F#]along
[G]Pray to God he hears [D/F#]you
[Em]And you pray to God he hears [D/F#]you
Chorus
[C]And where did I go wrong, I lost a [D/F#]friend
[Em]Somewhere along in the [G]bitterness [D/F#]
[C]I would have stayed up with you all [D/F#]night
[Em]Had I known how to [G]save a [D/F#]life
Interlude
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D/F#]
[G] [D/F#] [Em]
Verse 3
[G]As he begins to raise his [D/F#]voice
[Em]You lower yours and grant him one last [D/F#]choice
[G]Drive until you lose the [D/F#]road
[Em]Or break with the ones you've [D/F#]followed
[G]He will do one of two [D/F#]things
[Em]He will admit to [D/F#]everything
[G]Or he'll say he's just not the [D/F#]same
[Em]And you will begin to wonder why you [D/F#]came
Chorus
[C]Where did I go wrong, I lost a [D/F#]friend
[Em]Somewhere along in the [G]bitterness [D/F#]
[C]I would have stayed up with you all [D/F#]night
[Em]Had I known how to [G]save a [D/F#]life
Chorus
[C]Where did I go wrong, I lost a [D/F#]friend
[Em]Somewhere along in the [G]bitterness [D/F#]
[C]I would have stayed up with you all [D/F#]night
[Em]Had I known how to [G]save a [D/F#]life
Bridge
[G]
[Em]How to save a life, a [G]life
[Em]Where did I go
Chorus
[C]Where did I go wrong, I lost a [D/F#]friend
[Em]Somewhere along in the [G]bitterness [D/F#]
[C]And I would have stayed up with you all [D/F#]night
[Em]Had I known how to [G]save a [D/F#]life
Chorus
[C]Where did I go wrong, I lost a [D/F#]friend
[Em]Somewhere along in the [G]bitterness [D/F#]
[C]I would have stayed up with you all [D/F#]night
[Em]Had I known how to [G]save a [D/F#]life
Outro
[G] [D/F#] [Em]
[D/F#]How to save a [G]life [D/F#] [Em]
[D/F#]How to save a [G]life [D/F#] [Em]
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D/F#]
[G]