Released in 2011, "How to Save a Life" has become one of the top downloaded tracks of all time and is the The Fray's most well-known track.
It starts quite low and reaches up quite high, a good challenge for you - happy practice :)
CÂ Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â Â FÂ Â Â FÂ Â Â FÂ Â Â Â FÂ Â D#Â D#
Step one, you say we need to talk
DÂ Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â Â FÂ Â Â F
He walks, you say
FÂ Â Â F-D#Â D#Â Â DÂ .Bb .Bb
Sit down it's just a talk
.Bb   F   F-F-D#   D#  D  D
He smiles politely back at you
DÂ Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â D-D-CÂ Â Â CÂ Â Â DÂ Â Â .Bb
You stare politely right on through
Bb    Bb  Bb  Bb-^C ^C Bb  Bb
Some sort of window to your right
Bb Bb ^CÂ ^CÂ Â ^DÂ Â ^CÂ Â Â AÂ Â Â Bb
As he goes left and you stay right
^C - ^C  Bb  ^C  Bb ^C  ^D  Bb
Between the lines of fear and blame
^D ^C-^DÂ ^FÂ ^D-^CÂ Â AÂ Â ^CÂ Â Bb
You begin to wonder why you came
Bb    ^F ^C  Bb  ^C
Where did I go wrong?
^C ^D AÂ Bb
I lost a friend
^FÂ -Â ^CÂ Â Â Bb-^CÂ ^CÂ ^CÂ Â ^D-^C-^C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
Bb Bb  ^F   ^C   Bb  ^C
And I would have stayed up
^CÂ Â Â ^DÂ Â AÂ Â Bb
With you all night
^F ^C  Bb   Bb ^D ^C A Bb
Had I known how to save a life...