How To Save A Life

[Verse 1]
G
D/F# Em D/F#
            Step one,
G               D/F#
 you say we need    to talk
         Em
He walks,  you say sit down,
D/F#
    it's just a talk
G                D/F#
 He smiles politely back at you
Em                D/F#
  You stare politely right on through
G                D/F#             Em                D/F#
 Some sort of window to your right  As he goes left,
                  G                 D/F#
and you stay right Between the lines
                 Em                D
of fear and blame  You begin to won
der why you came

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

[Verse 2]
G                    D/F#
Let him know that you    know best
       Em               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#
 Lay down a list    of what is wrong
Em                      D/F#
  The things you've told    him all along
    G                   D/F#
And pray to God he hears    you
      Em                  D
And I pray to God he hears you

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

[Verse 3]
Em D/F# G D/F# Em
D   G                 D/F#
 As he begins to raise    his voice
    Em                   D/F#
You lower yours and grant    him one last choice
G                    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/F#
He will admit to everything
G                      D/F#
Or he'll say he's just not the same
    Em                 D
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

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

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