How To Save A Life

[G]Step one you say we [D/f#]need to talk

He [Em]walks you say [D]sit down [D/f#]it’s [G]just a talk

He smiles [D/f#]politely [Em]back at you

You stare [D]politely [D/f#]right [G]on through

Some sort of [D/f#]indow [Em]to your right

As he goes [D]left and [D/f#]you [G]stay right

Between the [D/f#]lines [Em]of fear and blame

And you begin to [D]wonder [D/f#]why you came

[C]Where did I go [D]wrong, I lost a [Em]friend

Somewhere [G]along in the [D/f#]bitterness

And [C]I would have stayed [D]up with you all [Em]night

Had I known [G]how to save a [D/f#]life