How To Save A Life

G D/F# G Bm G D/F# Step one you say we need to talk Em D D/F# G He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk D/F# Em He smiles politely back at you D D/F# G You stare politely right on through D/F# Em Some sort of window to your right D D/F# G As he goes left and you stay right D/F# Em Between the lines of fear and blame D D/F# And you begin to wonder why you came C D Em Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend G D/F# Somewhere along in the bitterness C D Em And I would have stayed up with you all night G D/F# G Had I known how to save a life D Em D G D/F# Let him know that you know best Em D 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# Em Lay down a list of what is wrong D D/F# The things you’ve told him all along G D/F# Pray to God he hears you Em D D/F# And I pray to God he hears you C D Em And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend G D/F# Somewhere along in the bitterness C D Em And I would have stayed up with you all night G D/F# G Had I known how to save a life D Em D G D/F# As he begins to raise his voice Em D D/F# G You lower yours and grant him one last choice 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 D/F# He will admit to everything G D/F# Or he’ll say he’s just not the same Em D/F# And you’ll begin to wonder why you came C D Em Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend G D/F# Somewhere along in the bitterness C D Em And I would have stayed up with you all night G D/F# Had I known how to save a life C D Em Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend G D/F# Somewhere along in the bitterness C D Em And I would have stayed up with you all night G D/F# G Had I known how to save a life D G D/F# G How to save a life D G D/F# How to save a life C D Em Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend G D/F# Somewhere along in the bitterness C D Em And I would have stayed up with you all night G D/F# Had I known how to save a life C D Em Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend G D/F# Somewhere along in the bitterness C D Em And I would have stayed up with you all night G D/F# G Had I known how to save a life D G D/F# G How to save a life D G D/F# G D/F# G Bm G How to save a life Piano riff that happens periodically throughout the song: