Chords for James Arthur covers The Fray's How To Save A Life in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] I'm going to play a little bit of this song.
Step one, you say [Dm] you need to talk.
[Bb] He walks.
You say sit [Dm] down.
It's just [Bb] a talk.
He smiles [Dm] politely back at [Bb] you.
You stare [Dm] politely right [Bb] on through.
Some sort [Dm] of wind up [Bb] to your right.
He [Dm] goes left.
You stay [Bb] right.
You trail [Dm] the lines of fate.
You're on a fair [Bb] play.
You [Dm] begin to wonder [Bb] why you came.
Where did I go [F] wrong?
I lost [Gm] a friend.
Somewhere [Bb] alone in [F] the bed of death.
[Bb] But I would have stayed [F] up with you [Gm] all night.
And [Bb] I know how [F] to save [Bb] a _ life.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] Just let him know that [F] you know [Bb] best.
[Gm] Cause after all you [Dm] do know [Bb] best.
I try to sleep.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] I let down [Dm] the [F] list of [Dm] what [Bb] is wrong.
The things [Dm] you told him all [Bb] along.
Pray to God he [F] hears you.
[Dm] [Gm] And I pray to God [F] he hears [Bb] you.
Where did I go [F] wrong?
I lost [Bb] a friend.
Somewhere alone in [F] the bed of death.
[Bb] But I would have stayed up with you all night.
But I would [F] have stayed up with you [Gm] all night.
And [Bb] I know how [F] to save [Bb] a life.
_ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] How to save [Bb] a life.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] How to save a life.
As he begins [Dm] to raise his voice.
[Gm] You lower yours.
[Dm] And grant him one [Bb] last choice.
Drive until you [Dm] lose the road.
[Gm] Or break with the ones you [Dm] follow.
_ _ [Bb] He will do [Dm] a lot of [Gm] things.
He will live a lot of things.
He will admit [Dm] to everything.
_ [Bb] All he'll just say is [Dm] not [F] the same.
[Gm] And you'll begin to [Dm] wonder why.
[Eb] And you'll begin to wonder why.
Where did I go [F] wrong?
I lost [Gm] a friend.
[Bb] Somewhere alone in [F] the bed of death.
[Eb] But [Bb] I would have stayed up with you [Gm] all night.
But I would have stayed up with you all night.
But I would have stayed up with you all night.
And I [Bb] know how [F] to save a [Eb] life.
Where did I go [F] wrong?
I lost [Gm] a friend. _
_ [Bb] Somewhere alone [F] in the bed of [Ebm] death.
But I [Bb] would have [F] stayed up with you [Gm] all night.
But I would have stayed up with you all night.
And I [Bb] know how [F] to save [Bb] a life.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Dm] And I know how to save a life.
How to save [Bb] a _ life.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Dm] How to save [Eb] a life.
Where [Bb] did I go [F] wrong?
I [Gm] lost a friend.
Somewhere [Bb] alone in the [F] bed of death.
[Eb] But I would [Bb] have stayed [F] up with you [Gm] all night but I would have stayed up with you all night.
And I [Bb] know how to [F] [Eb] save a life
If [F] _ I go [Gm] _ _
far [Bb] _ _ [F] enough
[Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ And [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _
if I [F] go _ _ _ [Gm] _
out somewhere
And all I think of [F] is better [Eb] life
But I could have [Bb] stayed up all _ [Gm] night
And I know [Bb] _ how to [F] [Bb] save a life
_ [Dm] How [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Dm] _ to save [Bb] a life
_ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] How to save a life
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