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[Intro]
A E/G#  A E/G#

[Verse 1]
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/G#             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/G#
And you begin to wonder why you came

[Chorus]
D              E                F#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            A            E/G#
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 a life

[Instrumental]
A  E/G#   F#m7   E/G#

[Verse 2]
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#m7              E/G#
Without granting innocence
A            E/G#             F#m7
   Lay down a list of what is wrong
             E/G#
The things you've told him all along
A             E/G#
Pray to God he hears you
      F#m7            E/G#
And I pray to God he hears you

[Chorus]
    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#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
             A    E/G#    A
Had I known how to save a life

[Instrumental]
A  E/G#   F#m7   E/G#

[Verse 3]
    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/G#
Or break with the ones you've followed
A            E/G#
   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/G#
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

[Chorus]
D              E                F#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            A            E/G#
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 a life

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

[Interlude]
E/G#   F#m7   E/G#          A
             How to save a life 
E/G#   F#m7   E/G#
             How to save a life

[Chorus]
D               E                F#m
 Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
            A            E/G#
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 a life

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

[Outro]
A  E/G#   F#m7   E/G#          A
                 How to save a life
E/G#   F#m7   E/G#          A
             How to save a life

E/G#   F#m7   E/G#   A*