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[Intro]
C G/B  C G/B

[Verse 1]
C                   G/B
Step one you say we need to talk
    Am7              G/B             C
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
             G/B           Am7
He smiles politely back at you
             G/B             C
You stare politely right on through
               G/B          Am7
Some sort of window to your right
             G/B             C
As he goes left and you stay right
              G/B             Am7
Between the lines of fear and blame
                  G/B
And you begin to wonder why you came

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

[Instrumental]
C  G/B   Am7   G/B

[Verse 2]
C                G/B
Let him know that you know best
       Am7          G/B
Cause after all you do know best
C                 G/B
  Try to slip past his defense
Am7              G/B
Without granting innocence
C            G/B             Am7
   Lay down a list of what is wrong
             G/B
The things you've told him all along
C             G/B
Pray to God he hears you
      Am7            G/B
And I pray to God he hears you

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

[Instrumental]
C  G/B   Am7   G/B

[Verse 3]
    C           G/B
As he begins to raise his voice
    Am7             G/B                 C
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                 G/B
Drive until you lose the road
    Am7                        G/B
Or break with the ones you've followed
C            G/B
   He will do one of two things
Am7              G/B
He will admit to everything
C                     G/B
Or he'll say he's just not the same
     Am7            G/B
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

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

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

[Interlude]
G/B   Am7   G/B          C
             How to save a life 
G/B   Am7   G/B
             How to save a life

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

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

[Outro]
C  G/B   Am7   G/B          C
                 How to save a life
G/B   Am7   G/B          C
             How to save a life

G/B   Am7   G/B   C*