How To Save A Life

Bb F Step one, you say we need to talk Gm F You walk, you say sit down, it's just a talk Bb F He smiles politely back at you Gm F You stare politely right on through Bb F Some sort of window to your right Gm F As he goes left, and you stay right Bb F Gm Between the lines of fear and blame F You begin to wonder why you came Eb F Where did I go wrong? Gm I lost a friend Bb F Somewhere along in the bitterness Eb F Gm And I would have stayed up with you all night Bb F Bb F Gm F Had I known how to save a life Bb F Let him know that you know best Gm F Cause after all, you do know best Bb F Try to slip past his defense Gm F Without granting innocence Bb F Gm Lay down a list of what is wrong F The things you've told him all along Bb F And pray to God he hears you Gm F And I pray to God he hears you Eb F Where did I go wrong? Gm I lost a friend Bb F Somewhere along in the bitterness Eb F Gm And I would have stayed up with you all night Bb F Bb F Gm F Had I known how to save a life Bb F As he begins to raise his voice Gm F You lower yours and grant him one last choice Bb F Drive until you lose the road Gm F Or break with the ones you've followed Bb F He will do one of two things Gm F He will admit to everything Bb F Or he'll say he's just not the same Gm F And you'll begin to wonder why you came Eb F Where did I go wrong? Gm I lost a friend Bb F Somewhere along in the bitterness Eb F Gm And I would have stayed up with you all night Bb F Bb Had I known how to save a life Eb F Where did I go wrong? Gm I lost a friend Bb F Somewhere along in the bitterness Eb F Gm And I would have stayed up with you all night Bb F Bb Had I known how to save a life F Gm Eh Eh Oh Oh F Bb F Gm F How to save a life Eb F Where did I go wrong? Gm I lost a friend Bb F Somewhere along in the bitterness Eb F Gm And I would have stayed up with you all night Bb F Bb Had I known how to save a life