HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

LEVEL 1Eb · 116 BPM · The Fray

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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

Step one, you say we need to talk.

He walks, you say, “Sit (F)down, it’s just a talk.” He smiles po lite ly back at you.

You stare po lite ly right on through some sort of win dow to your right, as he goes (F)left and you stay (Bb)right.

Be tween the lines of fear and blame, you be gin to won der why you came.

(Eb)Where did I go (F)wrong?

I lost a friend some where a long in the bit (F)ter ness.

And (Eb)I would have stayed (F)up with you all (Gm)night had I known (Bb)how to save a life.

As (Bb)Let him know that you know best, ’cause (Gm7)af ter all, you (F)do know best.

last choice.

Try to slip past (F)his de fense or (Gm7)with out the grant ing (F)in no cence.

Lay down a list of what is (Gm7)wrong, will the things you’ve told him all a long, and (Bb)pray to God he hears you, and (Gm7)pray to God he hears you.

you came.

(Eb)Where did I go (F)wrong?

I lost a friend some where a long in the bit (F)ter ness.

And (Eb)I would have stayed (F)up with you all (Gm)night had I known (Bb)how to save a life.

As (Bb)he be gins to raise his voice, you (Gm7)low er yours and (F)grant him one last choice.

Drive un til you (F)lose the road or (Gm7)break with the ones you’ve (F)fol lowed.

cence.

He will do one of two things: (Gm7)he will ad mit to ev ’ry thing, long, and (Bb)or he’ll say just not same and (Gm7)you’ll be gin to won why you came.