The Fray - How to Save a Life [C3]

20100110:
This song is hard to get the vocals in, because its sort of choppy. I play strumming the chords. The D/F# can be formed and it sort of comes in after you play the D. That is you sort of do more or less your same strum pattern, but then I come up and hit that F# during the middle of the strum pattern.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/the_fray/how_to_save_a_life_crd.htm

Step [G]one you say we [D/F#]need to talk
He [Em]walks you say sit [D]down it’s [D/F#]just a [G]talk
He smiles po[D/F#]litely back at [Em]you
You stare po[D]litely [D/F#]right on [G]through
Some sort of [D/F#]window to your [Em]right
As he goes [D]left and [D/F#]you stay [G]right
Between the [D/F#]lines of fear and [Em]blame
And you begin to [D]wonder [D/F#]why you came

[C]Where did I go [D]wrong, I lost a [Em]friend
Somewhere a[G]long in the bit[D/F#]terness
And I [C] would have stayed [D] up with you all [Em] night
Had I known [G]how to save a [D/F#]life

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

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

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

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

20110320:
I think in this past year I've learned how to sing along with basic guitar strumming. Because the above tab I can follow along easily. My comments under 20100110 imply I seemed to have trouble with the song. In addition, I don't know how I tried to play D/F# before, but now I play the F# with my thumb.

The above tab, slightly simplified:
I=G D Em D
II=C D Em G
Verse: I I I I
Chorus: II II
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus

Here's The Fray's How to Save a Life music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk

Besides the above tab, the following tutorial gives a nice arrangement for the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyMp60Yt74

For the fingerpicking pattern which I denote below by III, I found it easiest to let the pinky do the moving and set the pointer finger afterwards. So the pinky moves from 3 to 5 to 7 to ready above 5.

G=320033
D5=xx0235
G'=3xx437
D=xx0232
Em7=022033
C9=x32033

I=G D Em7 D
II=C9 D Em7 D
II'=C9 D Em7 StrumC9 StrumD
III=G D5 G' D,D5 {fingerpicking}
IV=little pattern

Intro: (III) III
Verse: III III I I
Chorus: II II'
IV
Verse: I I I I
Chorus: II II'
IV
Verse: I I I I
Chorus: II II
Chorus: II II
III IV
Chorus: II II
Chorus: II II'
IV IV III
Drums end the song.