[Intro]
G  D/F#  Em  D/F#
G  D/F#  Em

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

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

[Interlude]
(G) D/F#  Em  D/F#

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

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

[Interlude]
(G) D/F#  Em  D/F#
 G  D/F#  Em

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

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

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

[Bridge]
(G)

Em              G
    How to save a life ... a life
Em
    Where did I go

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

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

[Outro]
G   D/F#  Em

D/F#           G     D/F#  Em
How to save a life
D/F#           G     D/F#  Em
How to save a life
G  D/F#  Em  D/F#

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