The Fray - How to save a life acoustic
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CAPO 4TH!! The song won't be in the original key (capo 3rd) but it's more easy to sing
and sounds good anyway.
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INTRO and FIRST PART OF EVERY VERSE:
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Verse 1
GStep one you say we nD/F#eed to talk
He wEm7alks you say sit dowD/F#n it’s just aG talk
He smiles polD/F#itely back at yEm7ou
You stare polD/F#itely right Gon through
Some sort of Dsus/F#window to your Em7right
As he goes D/F#left and you sGtay right
Between the D/F#lines of fear Em7and blame
And you begin to D/F#wonder why you came
Chorus
WhCere did I go Dwrong, I losEmt a friend
Somewhere Galong in the Dbitterness
C D(C slidedown2) Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
G D G (D/F# Em D/F#)
Had I known how to save a life
Verse 2
GLet him know that D/F#you know best
CEm7ause after all you D/F#do know best
GTry to slip past D/F#his defense
WithoEm7ut granting inD/F#nocence
GLay down a D/F#list of whatEm7 is wrong
The things D/F#you’ve told him all along
GAnd pray to God he D/F#hears you
Em7And pray to God he D/F#hears you
Chorus
C D° Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere alGong in the bitteDrness
And CI would have stayed Dup with you Emall night
G D° G (D/F# D/F#)
Had I known how to save a life
Verse 3
GAs he begins to rD/F#aise his voice
You Em7lower yours and D/F#grant him one lGast choice
Drive until you D/F#lose the road
Em7Or break with the ones you’vD/F#e followed
GHe will do one D/F#of two things
Em7He will admit to D/F#everything
GOr he’ll say he??D/F#?s just not the same
Em7And you’ll begin tD/F#o wonder why you came
Chorus
C D° Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere alGong in the bittDerness
C D° Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known hGow to Dsave a life
Chorus
C D° Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere alGong in the bitteDrness
C D° Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
G D G (D/F# Em D/F#)
Had I known how to save a life
Chorus
C D° Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere alGong in the bitteDrness
C D° Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known hGow to D/F#save a liGfe
Chorus
C D° Em
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere alGong in the bitteDrness
C D° Em
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known hGow to Dsave a Glife
(D/F# Em D/F# G)