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 🙂
C D F F F F D# D#
Step one, you say we need to talk
D D F F
He walks, you say
F F-D# D# D .Bb .Bb
Sit down it’s just a talk
.Bb F F-F-D# D# D D
He smiles politely back at you
D D D-D-C C D .Bb
You stare politely right on through
Bb Bb Bb Bb-^C ^C Bb Bb
Some sort of window to your right
Bb Bb ^C ^C ^D ^C A 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-^D ^F ^D-^C A ^C Bb
You begin to wonder why you came
Bb ^F ^C Bb ^C
Where did I go wrong?
^C ^D A Bb
I lost a friend
^F – ^C Bb-^C ^C ^C ^D-^C-^C
Somewhere along in the bitterness
Bb Bb ^F ^C Bb ^C
And I would have stayed up
^C ^D A Bb
With you all night
^F ^C Bb Bb ^D ^C A Bb
Had I known how to save a life…