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How To Safe A Life

Key: G

Introduction:

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

 G                                       D/F# 
Let him know that you know best
 Em                                 D     D/F#       G 
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#       G 
And pray to God he hears you
     C                         D                               Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
                         D                         D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness
         C                                     D                               Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night
                           D                       D/F# 
Had I known how to save a life
     C                         D                               Em 
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
                         D                         D/F# 
Somewhere along in the bitterness
         C                                     D                               Em 
And I would have stayed up with you all night
                           D                       D/F# 
Had I known how to save a life