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	Piano Tab, Chords
Artist:	The Fray
Song:	How to Save a Life
Rating:	(5 votes)
Views:	152,923
Last Update:	7/21/2009

Tabbed by:
slickrick

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T|  Artist Name: Fray The
A|  Song Name  : How to Save a Life
B|  ==========================================================
N|  Tabbed By  : slickrick
A|  
B|  (Numbers indicate the octave)
B|  (Uppercase notes indicate the note is sharp)
E|  
R|  INTRO AND MAIN MELODY (played by piano):
.|  
C|  R = Right hand
O|  L = Left hand
M|  
-|  R 4|A-f-d-ff-f-f-ff
T|  L 3|A-----A--------
A|  
B|  R 5|c--------------
N|  R 4|--f-d-ff-f-f-ff
A|  L 3|a--------------
B|  
B|  R 5|d--------------
E|  R 4|--f-d-ff-f-f-ff
R|  L 3|A--------------
.|  
C|  R 5|--------c------
O|  R 4|a-f-d-f---f-d-f
M|  L 3|a--------------
-|  
T|  (repeat until chorus)
A|  
B|  Or play...
N|  
A|  R 4|-A-f-d-f---f-d-f-|c-f-d-f---f-d-f-|d-f-d-f---f-d-f-|a-f-d-f-c-f-d-f-A|-f-d-f---f-d-f-|c-f-d-f---f-d-f-|d-f-d-f---f-d-f-|a-f-d-f-c-f-d-f-A|
B|  L 3|-A---------------|a---------------|A---------------|a-------c-------A|---------------|a---------------|A---------------|a-------c-------A|
B|  
E|  Or here's another way to play it
R|  4|----------------}c--------------}d--------------}--------c------
.|  3|A#-f-d-f--f-d-f-}--f-d-f--f-d-f-}--f-d-f--f-d-f-}a-f-d-f-c-f-d-f
C|  2|A#--------------}a--------------}g--------------}a--------------
O|  
M|  
-|  CHORUS:
T|  The chorus is a little tricky to discern the individual notes from, but this is what I gathered:
A|  
B|  Where did I go wrong...
N|  R 5|------d-|------d-|------d-|------d-|
A|  R 4|A--g-A--|a-f-a---|A--g-A--|a-f-a---|
B|  L 4|d-------|c-------|d-------|c-------|
B|  L 3|A-------|f-------|A-------|f-------|
E|  L 3|g-------|--------|g-------|--------|
R|  
.|  (CHORDS)
C|  [D#] [F] [Gm] [A#] [F]
O|  
M|  
-|  
T|  
A|    LYRICS:
B|    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
N|    Step one you say we need to talk
A|    He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
B|    He smiles politely back at you
B|    You stare politely right on through
E|    Some sort of window to your right
R|    As he goes left and you stay right
.|    Between the lines of fear and blame
C|    You begin to wonder why you came
O|    
M|    CHORUS:
-|    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
T|    Somewhere along in the bitterness
A|    And I would have stayed up with you all night
B|    Had I known how to save a life
N|    
A|    Let him know that you know best
B|    Cause after all you do know best
B|    Try to slip past his defense
E|    Without granting innocence
R|    Lay down a list of what is wrong
.|    The things you've told him all along
C|    And pray to God he hears you
O|    And pray to God he hears you
M|    
-|    REPEAT CHORUS
T|  
A|    As he begins to raise his voice
B|    You lower yours and grant him one last choice
N|    Drive until you lose the road
A|    Or break with the ones you've followed
B|    He will do one of two things
B|    He will admit to everything
E|    Or he'll say he's just not the same
R|    And you'll begin to wonder why you came

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Comments / Corrections (51):

laurie [Guest]	(1 month ago) how do you play g minor ??
REALLY [Guest]	(9 months ago) ok for u who dont no, Bb is the same thing as A#!!!! so yea it is really close oh smart one, so before u freak out make sure that it isnt correct, im not so sure bout the chorus, but im pretty sure the intro is right, though i sorta wish the guy who made this would put the whole song up, that would be useful :D, and also to read these when it has a number, 1-5 on it, it shows the keys, there r 5 sets of keys, left to right, so that might help u, and it just tells u the notes to play on that line, hope this helps :D
johnnyboy [New Recruit]	(1 year ago) mm the chorus is off, i have the sheet music for this song. its really long and kinda hard. but this is good for not using sheet music.
dumbdud [Guest]	(1 year ago) hey ...this is amazin ...i like it ...but i cnt seem to get da correct tune of da chorus ...cn some1 jes simplify it fer me plzzz...n i cnt get da tune of da ff-f-f-ff...
Me [Guest]	(2 years ago) try playing it: 4}----------------}c--------------}d--------------}--------c------ 3}A#-f-d-f--f-d-f-}--f-d-f--f-d-f-}--f-d-f--f-d-f-}a-f-d-f-c-f-d-f 2}A#--------------}a--------------}g--------------}a--------------
josephine loraine hagad [Guest]	(2 years ago) i really love the song!lets go rock...theres nothing else song that i want to learn,this is it,im going to master this wonderfull song!wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaahhhh1!see you soon THE FRAY!
j m [Guest]	(2 years ago) what this is easy what are you guys talking about
... [Guest]	(2 years ago) vaya forma mas rara de poner una partitura
letrhaltanya [Guest]	(2 years ago) love it!! it helped me!!~
Diddeli [Guest]	(2 years ago) Kat, Read the tutorial on reading them... It helped me! :D http://www.tabnabber.com/documents/how...
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