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[Intro]
G# D#/G  G# D#/G

[Verse 1]
G#                   D#/G
Step one you say we need to talk
    Fm7              D#/G             G#
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
             D#/G           Fm7
He smiles politely back at you
             D#/G             G#
You stare politely right on through
               D#/G          Fm7
Some sort of window to your right
             D#/G             G#
As he goes left and you stay right
              D#/G             Fm7
Between the lines of fear and blame
                  D#/G
And you begin to wonder why you came

[Chorus]
C#              D#                Fm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G#            D#/G
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C#                  D#                Fm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G#*    D#/G*
Had I known how to save a life

[Instrumental]
G#  D#/G   Fm7   D#/G

[Verse 2]
G#                D#/G
Let him know that you know best
       Fm7          D#/G
Cause after all you do know best
G#                 D#/G
  Try to slip past his defense
Fm7              D#/G
Without granting innocence
G#            D#/G             Fm7
   Lay down a list of what is wrong
             D#/G
The things you've told him all along
G#             D#/G
Pray to God he hears you
      Fm7            D#/G
And I pray to God he hears you

[Chorus]
    C#              D#                Fm
And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G#            D#/G
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C#                  D#                Fm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G#    D#/G    G#
Had I known how to save a life

[Instrumental]
G#  D#/G   Fm7   D#/G

[Verse 3]
    G#           D#/G
As he begins to raise his voice
    Fm7             D#/G                 G#
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                 D#/G
Drive until you lose the road
    Fm7                        D#/G
Or break with the ones you've followed
G#            D#/G
   He will do one of two things
Fm7              D#/G
He will admit to everything
G#                     D#/G
Or he'll say he's just not the same
     Fm7            D#/G
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

[Chorus]
C#              D#                Fm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G#            D#/G
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C#                  D#                Fm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G#    D#/G
Had I known how to save a life

C#              D#                Fm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G#            D#/G
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C#                  D#                Fm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G#    D#/G    G#
Had I known how to save a life

[Interlude]
D#/G   Fm7   D#/G          G#
             How to save a life 
D#/G   Fm7   D#/G
             How to save a life

[Chorus]
C#               D#                Fm
 Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G#            D#/G
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C#                  D#               Fm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G#    D#/G
Had I known how to save a life

C#              D#                Fm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            G#            D#/G
Somewhere along in the bitterness
    C#                  D#               Fm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             G#*    D#/G*  G#
Had I known how to save a life

[Outro]
G#  D#/G   Fm7   D#/G          G#
                 How to save a life
D#/G   Fm7   D#/G          G#
             How to save a life

D#/G   Fm7   D#/G   G#*