JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “How to Save a Life” merupakan lagu milik grup band alternative rock asal Amerika Serikat, The Fray, yang dirilis pada 2006 sebagai singel kedua dari album bertajuk sama.
Mendapatkan sertifikat Platinum sebanyak tiga kali dari RIAA, “How to Save a Life” sukses menjadi salah satu lagu terpopuler The Fray.
Bahkan lagu ini juga sempat masuk nominasi Grammy Award 2007 untuk kategori Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Nobodys Love, Singel Terbaru Maroon 5
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu “How to Save a Life” dari The Fray.
F/A Gm F
A# F/A
Step one you say we need to talk
Gm F F/A A#
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
F/A Gm
He smiles politely back at you
F F/A A#
You stare politely right on through
F/A Gm
Some sort of window to your right
F F/A A#
As he goes left and you stay right
F/A Gm
Between the lines of fear and blame
F F/A
And you begin to wonder why you came
D# F Gm
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
A# F/A
Somewhere along in the bitterness
D# F Gm
And I would have stayed up with you all night
A# F/A
Had I known how to save a life
Prelude:
A# F/A Gm F
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
Outro:
A# F/A Gm F