How To Save A Life Chords by The Fray

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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[Bb] Step one, you say [Dm] we need to talk
[Bb] He walks, you say sit [Dm] down, [F] it's just [Bb] a talk
He smiles [Dm] politely back at [Bb] you
You stare [Dm] politely right on [Bb] through
Some sort [Dm] of window [Bb] to your right
As he [Dm] goes left and you [Bb] stay right
Between [Dm] the lines of [Bb] share and blame
You begin [Dm] to [Bb] wonder why you [Eb] came where did I go [F] wrong
I lost [Gm] a friend somewhere _ [Bb] along in [F] the dead of [Eb] night
I put out [F] straight up with you all [Gm] night
And I [Bb] know it's hard to save a _ _ life _ _
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_ Let him know [Dm] what you know best
[Bb] Cause after all you [Dm] do know [Bb] best
Try to slip [Dm] past his defense
[Bb] Without granting [Dm] his sense
[Bb] _ Lay down [Dm] a list of what [Bb] is wrong
Think [Dm] toward him [Bb] all along
Pray to God he [F] hears you
[Gm] And pray to God [Dm] he hears [F]
[Eb] you
And where did I go [F] wrong
I lost [Gm] a friend somewhere [Bb] along in the dead of [Eb] night
I put out [F] straight up with you [Gm] all night
And I [Bb] know it's hard to [F] save [Bb] a life
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She begins [Dm] to raise it for [Bb] him, she'll lower yours
[Dm] Grant him one [Bb] last choice, drive him till [Dm] you lose the road
[Bb] A break with the [Dm] ones that follow
[F] _
[Bb] She _ will [Dm] do one of two [Bb] things, she will admit [Dm] to everything
_ [Bb] Or she'll say [Dm] she's just [F] not the [Bb] same
And you'll begin [F] to wonder [Bb]
why you [Eb] came where did I [F] go wrong
I lost [Gm] a friend somewhere _ [Bb] along in [F] the dead of night
[Eb] I put out [F] straight up with you [Gm] all night
And I [Bb] know it's hard to save a [Eb] life
Where did I [F] go wrong
I lost [Gm] a friend somewhere [Bb] along in the dead of night
[Eb] I put out [F] straight up with you [Gm] all night
And I [Bb] know it's hard to save a _ life
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] How to save [Bb] a life
_ [Dm] _ [F] How [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] [Cm] to [Eb] save a life
Where did I [F] go wrong
I lost [Gm] a friend somewhere _ [Bb] along in the dead of [Eb] night
I put out [F] straight up with you [Gm] all night
And I [Bb] know it's hard [Dm] to save a [Eb] life
Where did I [F] go wrong
I lost [Gm] a friend somewhere _ [Bb] along in the dead of [Eb] night
I put out straight [F] up with you [Gm] all night
And I know it's hard [Dm] to [Bb] save a life
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[Bb] How _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ to [Bb] save a life
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ How to save a life
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