[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
F# C#/F
Step one you say we need to talk
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He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
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He smiles politely back at you
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You stare politely right on through
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Some sort of window to your right
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As he goes left and you stay right
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Between the lines of fear and blame
C#/F
And you begin to wonder why you came
[Chorus]
B C# D#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F# C#/F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
B C# D#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
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Had I known how to save a life
[Instrumental]
F# C#/F D#m7 C#/F
[Verse 2]
F# C#/F
Let him know that you know best
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Cause after all you do know best
F# C#/F
Try to slip past his defense
D#m7 C#/F
Without granting innocence
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Lay down a list of what is wrong
C#/F
The things you've told him all along
F# C#/F
Pray to God he hears you
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And I pray to God he hears you
[Chorus]
B C# D#m
And where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F# C#/F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
B C# D#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F# C#/F F#
Had I known how to save a life
[Instrumental]
F# C#/F D#m7 C#/F
[Verse 3]
F# C#/F
As he begins to raise his voice
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You lower yours and grant him one last choice
C#/F
Drive until you lose the road
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Or break with the ones you've followed
F# C#/F
He will do one of two things
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He will admit to everything
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Or he'll say he's just not the same
D#m7 C#/F
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
[Chorus]
B C# D#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F# C#/F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
B C# D#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F# C#/F
Had I known how to save a life
B C# D#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F# C#/F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
B C# D#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F# C#/F F#
Had I known how to save a life
[Interlude]
C#/F D#m7 C#/F F#
How to save a life
C#/F D#m7 C#/F
How to save a life
[Chorus]
B C# D#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F# C#/F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
B C# D#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F# C#/F
Had I known how to save a life
B C# D#m
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
F# C#/F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
B C# D#m
And I would have stayed up with you all night
F#* C#/F* F#
Had I known how to save a life
[Outro]
F# C#/F D#m7 C#/F F#
How to save a life
C#/F D#m7 C#/F F#
How to save a life
C#/F D#m7 C#/F F#*