How To Save A Life

A E/G# F#m7 E/G# A E/G# Step one you say we need to talk F#m7 E/G# A He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk E/G# F#m7 He smiles politely back at you E A You stare politely right on through E/G# F#m7 Some sort of window to your right E/G# A As he goes left and you stay right E/G# F#m7 Between the lines of fear and blame E You begin to wonder why you came D E F#m And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend A E/G# Somewhere along in the bitterness D E F#m7 And I would have stayed up with you all night A E/G# A Had I known how to save a life A E/G# F#m7 A A E/G# Let him know that you know best F#m7 E/G# 'Cause after all you do know best A E/G# Try to slip past his defense F#m E Without granting innocence A E/G# F#m7 Lay down a list of what is wrong E/G# Things you’ve told him all along A E/G# And pray to God he hears you F#m7 E And I pray to God he hears you D E F#m7 And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend A E/G# Somewhere along in the bitterness D E F#m7 And I would have stayed up with you all night A E/G# A Had I known how to save a life A E/G# F#m7 E/G# A E/G# F#m7 E A E/G# As he begins to raise his voice F#m7 E/G# A You lower yours and grant him one last choice E/G# Drive until you lose the road F#m7 E Or break with the ones you’ve followed A E/G# A/C# He will do one of two things F#m7 E/G# He will admit to everything A E/G# Or he’ll say he’s just not the same F#m7 E And you’ll begin to wonder why you came D E F#m7 And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend A A/C# Somewhere along in the bitterness D E F#m And I would have stayed up with you all night A E/G# Had I known how to save D E F#m7 And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend A A/C# Somewhere along in the bitterness D E F#m7 And I would have stayed up with you all night A E/G# A Had I known how to save a life Instr/Outro A E/G# F#m F#m7 E/G# A E/G# F#m7 How to save a life F#m7 E A How to save a life