How to Save a Life Chords by The Fray
Tempo:
121.85 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Dm
F
Gm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
Bb
Dm
F
Gm
Eb
Bb
Dm
F
[Bb] [Dm] .
[Bb] [Dm] .
[Bb] Step one, you say [Dm] we need to talk, [Bb] he walks, you say [Dm] sit down, [F] it's [Bb] just a talk.
He [Dm] smiles politely back at [Bb] you, you stare [Dm] politely right [Bb] on through.
Someone's throwing a window to your right, she [Dm] goes left and [Bb] you stay right.
Between the lines, every flame, you begin to wonder why you [Eb] came.
Where did I [F] go wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I [Eb] never thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd [Bb] known.
How to save a life .
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Let him know [Dm] what you know best, [Gm] cause after all you [Dm] do know [Bb] best.
Try to slip [Dm] past his [Bb] defense, without granting [Dm] any sense.
[Bb] Lay down [Dm] a list of what [Bb] is wrong, things [Dm] you told him [Bb] all along.
I pray to God he [F] hears you, [Gm].
I pray to God [Dm] he hears [Eb] you.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I [Eb] never thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd [Bb] known.
How to save a life.
[F] [Bb] .
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See he begins [F] to raise his [Bb] voice, you lower yours, [Dm] you grant him one [Bb] last choice.
Drive until you [Dm] lose the road, [Bb].
a break with the ones [Dm] that follow .
[Bb] He will do [Dm] one of two [Bb] things, he will admit [Dm] to everything .
[Bb] Or he'll say [Dm] he's just [F] not the [Bb] same.
And you begin [F] to wonder [Bb] why you [Eb] came.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in [F] a bed.
I [Eb] never thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd [Bb] known.
How to [Dm] save a [Eb] life.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere alone in a bed.
[Bb] I never [Eb] thought I'd put out straight [F] up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd known.
[Bb] How to save a life.
[Dm] How [Bb] [Dm] to save [Bb] a life.
[Dm] [F] How [Bb] .
[Dm] to [Cm] [Eb] save a life.
Where did I [F] go wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I never [Eb] thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were one [Gm] night, that I'd known.
[Bb] How to [Dm] save a [Eb] life.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost my [Gm] man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I never [Eb] thought I'd put out straight [F] up, you were one [Gm] night, that I'd known.
How to [Dm] save [Bb] a life .
[Dm] How to [Bb] save a life.
[Dm] [F] How [Bb] .
[F] to [Bb] save a life.
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [F] .
[Bb] .
[Ebm] .
[Bb] [Dm] .
[Bb] Step one, you say [Dm] we need to talk, [Bb] he walks, you say [Dm] sit down, [F] it's [Bb] just a talk.
He [Dm] smiles politely back at [Bb] you, you stare [Dm] politely right [Bb] on through.
Someone's throwing a window to your right, she [Dm] goes left and [Bb] you stay right.
Between the lines, every flame, you begin to wonder why you [Eb] came.
Where did I [F] go wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I [Eb] never thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd [Bb] known.
How to save a life .
.
Let him know [Dm] what you know best, [Gm] cause after all you [Dm] do know [Bb] best.
Try to slip [Dm] past his [Bb] defense, without granting [Dm] any sense.
[Bb] Lay down [Dm] a list of what [Bb] is wrong, things [Dm] you told him [Bb] all along.
I pray to God he [F] hears you, [Gm].
I pray to God [Dm] he hears [Eb] you.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I [Eb] never thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd [Bb] known.
How to save a life.
[F] [Bb] .
.
See he begins [F] to raise his [Bb] voice, you lower yours, [Dm] you grant him one [Bb] last choice.
Drive until you [Dm] lose the road, [Bb].
a break with the ones [Dm] that follow .
[Bb] He will do [Dm] one of two [Bb] things, he will admit [Dm] to everything .
[Bb] Or he'll say [Dm] he's just [F] not the [Bb] same.
And you begin [F] to wonder [Bb] why you [Eb] came.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in [F] a bed.
I [Eb] never thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd [Bb] known.
How to [Dm] save a [Eb] life.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere alone in a bed.
[Bb] I never [Eb] thought I'd put out straight [F] up, you were [Gm] one night, that I'd known.
[Bb] How to save a life.
[Dm] How [Bb] [Dm] to save [Bb] a life.
[Dm] [F] How [Bb] .
[Dm] to [Cm] [Eb] save a life.
Where did I [F] go wrong, I lost [Gm] my man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I never [Eb] thought I'd put out [F] straight up, you were one [Gm] night, that I'd known.
[Bb] How to [Dm] save a [Eb] life.
Where did I go [F] wrong, I lost my [Gm] man, somewhere [Bb] alone in a bed.
I never [Eb] thought I'd put out straight [F] up, you were one [Gm] night, that I'd known.
How to [Dm] save [Bb] a life .
[Dm] How to [Bb] save a life.
[Dm] [F] How [Bb] .
[F] to [Bb] save a life.
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [F] .
[Bb] .
[Ebm] .