Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Intermediate
🎸 Intro:
G+G 
D/F#D/F# 
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F#
🎸 Verse:
G+G D/F#D/F#
Step one you say we need to talk
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
He smiles politely back at you
D MajorD G+G
You stare politely right on through
D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
Some sort of window to your right
D/F#D/F# G+G
As he goes left and you stay right
D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
Between the lines of fear and blame
D MajorD
You begin to wonder why you came
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD 
E minorEm
And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
G+G D/F#D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
C majorC D MajorD E minor 7Em7
And I would have stayed up with you all night
G+G D/F#D/F# G+G
Had I known how to save a life
🎸 Instrumental:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 G+G
🎸 Verse:
G+G D/F#D/F#
Let him know that you know best
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F#
'Cause after all you do know best
G+G D/F#D/F#
Try to slip past his defense
E minorEm D MajorD
Without granting innocence
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
Lay down a list of what is wrong
D/F#D/F#
Things you’ve told him all along
G+G D/F#D/F#
And pray to God he hears you
E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
And I pray to God he hears you
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD E minor 7Em7
And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
G+G D/F#D/F#
Somewhere along in the bitterness
C majorC D MajorD E minor 7Em7
And I would have stayed up with you all night
G+G D/F#D/F# G+G
Had I known how to save a life
🎸 Instrumental:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F#
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
🎸 Verse:
G+G D/F#D/F#
As he begins to raise his voice
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
D/F#D/F#
Drive until you lose the road
E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
G+G D/F#D/F# 
G/BG/B
He will do one of two things
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F#
He will admit to everything
G+G D/F#D/F#
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD E minor 7Em7
And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
G+G G/BG/B
Somewhere along in the bitterness
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
G+G D/F#D/F#
Had I known how to save
C majorC D MajorD E minor 7Em7
And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
G+G G/BG/B
Somewhere along in the bitterness
C majorC D MajorD E minor 7Em7
And I would have stayed up with you all night
G+G D/F#D/F# G+G
Had I known how to save a life
Instrumental/🎸 Outro:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
How to save a life
E minor 7Em7 D MajorD G+G
How to save a life
