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[Intro]
E B/D#  E B/D#

[Verse 1]
E                   B/D#
Step one you say we need to talk
    C#m7              B/D#             E
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
             B/D#           C#m7
He smiles politely back at you
             B/D#             E
You stare politely right on through
               B/D#          C#m7
Some sort of window to your right
             B/D#             E
As he goes left and you stay right
              B/D#             C#m7
Between the lines of fear and blame
                  B/D#
And you begin to wonder why you came

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

[Instrumental]
E  B/D#   C#m7   B/D#

[Verse 2]
E                B/D#
Let him know that you know best
       C#m7          B/D#
Cause after all you do know best
E                 B/D#
  Try to slip past his defense
C#m7              B/D#
Without granting innocence
E            B/D#             C#m7
   Lay down a list of what is wrong
             B/D#
The things you've told him all along
E             B/D#
Pray to God he hears you
      C#m7            B/D#
And I pray to God he hears you

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

[Instrumental]
E  B/D#   C#m7   B/D#

[Verse 3]
    E           B/D#
As he begins to raise his voice
    C#m7             B/D#                 E
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                 B/D#
Drive until you lose the road
    C#m7                        B/D#
Or break with the ones you've followed
E            B/D#
   He will do one of two things
C#m7              B/D#
He will admit to everything
E                     B/D#
Or he'll say he's just not the same
     C#m7            B/D#
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

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

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

[Interlude]
B/D#   C#m7   B/D#          E
             How to save a life 
B/D#   C#m7   B/D#
             How to save a life

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

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

[Outro]
E  B/D#   C#m7   B/D#          E
                 How to save a life
B/D#   C#m7   B/D#          E
             How to save a life

B/D#   C#m7   B/D#   E*