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[Intro]
G  D/F#  G  Bm
[Verse]
G                    D/F# 
Step one you say we need to talk 
    Em                 D        D/F#    G 
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk 
             D/F#           Em 
He smiles politely back at you 
             D       D/F#      G 
You stare politely right on through 
               D/F#          Em 
Some sort of window to your right 
             D       D/F#      G 
As he goes left and you stay right 
              D/F#             Em 
Between the lines of fear and blame 
                   D     D/F# 
And you begin to wonder why you came
[Chorus]
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D                Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F#     G 
Had I known how to save a life
[Instrumental]
D   Em   D
[Verse]
G                 D/F# 
Let him know that you know best 
       Em           D        D/F# 
Cause after all you do know best 
G                  D/F# 
  Try to slip past his defense 
Em               D        D/F# 
Without granting innocence 
G             D/F#             Em 
   Lay down a list of what is wrong 
             D        D/F# 
The things you’ve told him all along 
G                   D/F# 
And pray to God he hears you 
    Em             D        D/F# 
And pray to God he hears you
[Chorus]
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D                Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F#    G 
Had I known how to save a life
[Instrumental]
D   Em   D
[Verse]
    G            D/F# 
As he begins to raise his voice 
     Em              D       D/F#          G 
You lower yours and grant him one last choice 
                 D/F# 
Drive until you lose the road 
    Em             D           D/F# 
Or break with the ones you’ve followed 
G             D/F# 
   He will do one of two things 
Em            D   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’ll begin to wonder why you came
[Chorus]
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D                Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F# 
Had I known how to save a life  
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D                Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F#    G 
Had I known how to save a life
[Interlude]
D G  D/F#          G 
     How to save a life 
D G  D/F# 
     How to save a life
[Chorus]
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D               Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F# 
Had I known how to save a life  
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D               Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F#    G 
Had I known how to save a life 
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D               Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F# 
Had I known how to save a life  
  C             D                Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend 
            G             D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness 
    C                   D               Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night 
             G     D/F#    G 
Had I known how to save a life
[Outro]
D G  D/F#          G 
     How to save a life 
D G  D/F#          G    D/F#  G  Bm  G 
     How to save a life