The Fray - How To Save A Lifeadd

C G / BStep one you say we need to talk Am G G / B CHe walks you say sit down it’s just a talk G / B AmHe smiles politely back at you G G / B CYou stare politely right on through G / B AmSome sort of window to your right G G / B CAs he goes left and you stay right G / B AmBetween the lines of fear and blame G G / BAnd you begin to wonder why you came F G AmWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friend C G / BSomewhere along in the bitterness F G AmAnd I would have stayed up with you all night C G / B CHad I known how to save a lifeC G / BLet him know that you know bestAm G G / B CCause after all you do know best G / BTry to slip past his defenseAm G G / BWithout granting innocenceC G / B AmLay down a list of what is wrong G G / B CThe things you’ve told him all along G / BAnd pray to God he hears youAm G G / BPray to God he hears you F G AmWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friend C G / BSomewhere along in the bitterness F G AmAnd I would have stayed up with you all night C G / B CHad I known how to save a lifeC G / BAs he begins to raise his voiceAm G G / B CYou lower yours and grant him one last choice G / BDrive until you lose the roadAm G G / BOr break with the ones you’ve followedC G / B AmHe will do one of two things G G / BHe will admit to everythingC G / BOr he’ll say he’s just not the sameAm G G / BAnd you’ll begin to wonder why you came F G AmWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friend C G / BSomewhere along in the bitterness F G AmAnd I would have stayed up with you all night C G / B CHad I known how to save a life