The Fray
How To Save A Life
2005
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: 

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
 -  x13331
 - x032xx
 -  355333
 -   133211
 -  x68886


Intro: ----


Verse 1:
            
Step one you s

      
ay we need to 

talk
            
He walks you s

       
ay sit down it

’s just a talk
            
He smiles poli

            
tely back at y


ou
            
You stare poli


tely right on 

through
            
  Some sort of

           
 window to you

  
r right
             
As he goes lef

              
t and you stay

 
 right
            
Between the li

             
nes of fear an

  
d blame
              
And you begin 

        
to wonder why 

you came


Chorus:
            
Where did I go

 
 wrong
         
I lost a frien

d
           
Somewhere alon

g in the bitte

rness
    
And I would ha

ve stayed 
             
up with you al

  
l night
            
Had I known ho

     
w to save a li

fe


Interlude: ----


Verse 2:
            
Let him know t

    
hat you know b

est
            
Cause after al

      
l you do know 

best
            
  Try to slip 

     
past his defen

se
            
Without granti

   
ng innocence
           
  Lay down a l

/            
ist of what is

 
 wrong
              
The things you

    
’ve told him a

ll along
            
And pray to Go

     
d he hears you
            
And pray to Go

     
d he hears you


(Repeat Chorus)


Interlude: ----


Verse 3:
   
As he begins t

o 

raise his voic

e
    
You lower your

s and 
             
grant him one 

     
last choice
              
Drive until yo

  
u lose the 
        
road Or break 

with the 
            
ones you’ve fo

llowed
           
  He will do o

/
ne of two thin

gs
            
He will admit 

    
to everything

Or he’ll say h

e’s 
     
just not the s

ame
    
And you’ll beg

in to 

wonder why you

 came


(Repeat Chorus twice)


Interlude:
   
          How 

to save a life
   
          How 

to save a life


(Repeat Chorus twice)


Outro:
   
          How 

to save a life
      
          How 

             
to save a life