How To Save A Life

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Piano Intro
7  65 6 656
-8  65 6 656
8  65 6 656

-8 8   7   8   9  9 
St-ep one you say we
9 -8 -9  -9  -9 
n--e--ed to talk.
-9   8     8  8    9    8
He walks, you say sit down
8     8   7  7
it's just a talk.
8    9    9  -9   9    
He smiles po-lite-ly
8    8   8
back at you.
8     8    8  8   -8
You stare po-lite-ly,
-8    8    7
right on through.
7     7    7  7   7
Some sort of win-dow 
-8  -8   7
to your right.
7  8   7    7
As he goes left 
-7   8   -7    7
and you stay right.
7    7    7   -8
Be-tween the lines
7   -8   7    -8
of fear and blame.
8   -8   9 -9  8
And you be-gin to
-7  -8   7  -8    7
won-der why you came.


7     9  -8   7  -8
Where did I  go wrong,
-8  8  8   7
I lost a friend.
9      8   8  -8
Some-where a-long
-8  7   8  -8   -8
in the bit-ter-ness.
7   9   -8   7    -8
And I would have stayed
-8  8    8   7   7
up with you all night.
9   8  -8
Had I known
7   8  -8   7   7
How to save a life.

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