How To Save A Life Uke tab by The Fray

4 Chords used in the song: Bb, F, Gm, Eb

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Artist: 
Year:  2005
Difficulty: 
4.75
(Intermediate)
Key: Bb, GmChords and Tablature
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|------2------2----|------2-------2----|
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|--5---------------|--0-------3--------|
|----1---1--1---1--|----1---1---1---1--|
|------2------2----|------2-------2----|
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Verse:
Bb Bb F F
Step one you say we need to talk
Gm Gm F F F F Bb Bb
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
F F Gm Gm
He smiles politely back at you
F F F F Bb Bb
You stare politely right on through
F F Gm Gm
Some sort of window to your right
F F F F Bb Bb
As he goes left and you stay right
F F Gm Gm
Between the lines of fear and blame
F F F F
And you begin to wonder why you came

Chorus:
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Bb Bb F F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Bb Bb F F
Had I known how to save a life

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

Chorus:
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Bb Bb F F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Bb Bb F F
Had I known how to save a life

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

Chorus:
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Bb Bb F F
Somewhere along in the bitterness
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Bb Bb F F
Had I known how to save a life

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About this song: How To Save A Life

Influenced by a boy that Isaac Slade, lead singer, met while working as a mentor at a camp for troubled teens. According to Slade, the song is about all the people who attempted to help this troubled boy but were unsuccessful.

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