Piano Tab, Accords The Fray / How To Save A Life (Intro) (4.7 from 9 votes) 240,014 Views, Last Update 6 years ago by: slickrick [Tabologist] Print

F>  A small portion of the musical complexity that is The Fray's song,
R>  "How to Save a Life".  These simple notes and chords 
.>  are easily identifiable and do not begin to match the intricacies 
T>  of the actual song or detail of the officially licensed sheet music (if it exists).  
A>  
B>  (Numbers indicate the octave)
N>  (Uppercase notes indicate the note is sharp)
A>  
B>  INTRO AND MAIN MELODY (played by piano):
B>  
E>  R = Right hand
R>  L = Left hand
.>  
C>  R 4|A-f-d-ff-f-f-ff
O>  L 3|A-----A--------
M>  
->  R 5|c--------------
F>  R 4|--f-d-ff-f-f-ff
R>  L 3|a--------------
.>  
T>  R 5|d--------------
A>  R 4|--f-d-ff-f-f-ff
B>  L 3|A--------------
N>  
A>  R 5|--------c------
B>  R 4|a-f-d-f---f-d-f
B>  L 3|a--------------
E>  
R>  (repeat until chorus)
.>  
C>  Or play...
O>  
M>  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|
->  L 3|-A---------------|a---------------|A---------------|a-------c-------A|---------------|a---------------|A---------------|a-------c-------A|
F>  
R>  Or here's another way to play it
.>  4|----------------}c--------------}d--------------}--------c------
T>  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
A>  2|A#--------------}a--------------}g--------------}a--------------
B>  
N>  
A>  CHORUS:
B>  The chorus is a little tricky to discern the individual notes from, but this is what I gathered:
B>  
E>  Where did I go wrong...
R>  R 5|------d-|------d-|------d-|------d-|
.>  R 4|A--g-A--|a-f-a---|A--g-A--|a-f-a---|
C>  L 4|d-------|c-------|d-------|c-------|
O>  L 3|A-------|f-------|A-------|f-------|
M>  L 3|g-------|--------|g-------|--------|
->  
F>  (CHORDS)
R>  [D#] [F] [Gm] [A#] [F]
.>  
T>  
A>  
B>    LYRICS not included anymore due to the free speech hating NMPA :P