How To Save a Life

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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
               D             Em
Some sort of window to your right
             D       D         G
As he goes left and you stay right
              D                Em
Between the lines of fear and blame
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And you begin to wonder why you came

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


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Let him know that you know best
Em                 D        D      G
Cause after all you do know best
     D              Em
Try to slip past his defense
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Without granting innocence
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Lay down a list of what is wrong
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The things you've told him all along
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And pray to God he hears you

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

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

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