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[Intro]
F C/E  F C/E

[Verse 1]
F                   C/E
Step one you say we need to talk
    Dm7              C/E             F
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
             C/E           Dm7
He smiles politely back at you
             C/E             F
You stare politely right on through
               C/E          Dm7
Some sort of window to your right
             C/E             F
As he goes left and you stay right
              C/E             Dm7
Between the lines of fear and blame
                  C/E
And you begin to wonder why you came

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

[Instrumental]
F  C/E   Dm7   C/E

[Verse 2]
F                C/E
Let him know that you know best
       Dm7          C/E
Cause after all you do know best
F                 C/E
  Try to slip past his defense
Dm7              C/E
Without granting innocence
F            C/E             Dm7
   Lay down a list of what is wrong
             C/E
The things you've told him all along
F             C/E
Pray to God he hears you
      Dm7            C/E
And I pray to God he hears you

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

[Instrumental]
F  C/E   Dm7   C/E

[Verse 3]
    F           C/E
As he begins to raise his voice
    Dm7             C/E                 F
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
                 C/E
Drive until you lose the road
    Dm7                        C/E
Or break with the ones you've followed
F            C/E
   He will do one of two things
Dm7              C/E
He will admit to everything
F                     C/E
Or he'll say he's just not the same
     Dm7            C/E
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

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

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

[Interlude]
C/E   Dm7   C/E          F
             How to save a life 
C/E   Dm7   C/E
             How to save a life

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

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

[Outro]
F  C/E   Dm7   C/E          F
                 How to save a life
C/E   Dm7   C/E          F
             How to save a life

C/E   Dm7   C/E   F*