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Noah Kahan - Save Me Chords

Chord reference G, Bm, C, D, Em
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[G]I’m so passive, too sarcastic, [Bm]shut you out just out of habit I [C]don’t know, so I [G]spent five months out here treading water [Bm]Now I wonder why you bothered, I [C]don’t know, let [C]me go [D]

Why do [G]you keep reaching for my [Em]hand? Do you see something I [C]can’t? Why do [G]you try to [D]save me? [G]This fate is well [Em]deserved I only make things [C]worse, why do [G]you try to [D]save me? [G]

Have [G]I served my sentence? Learned my lesson? [Bm]Healed those wounds from my indiscretions? I [C]don’t know, am [G]I still so selfish? Exile ended? [Bm]What do you see in my misdirections? I [C]don’t know, let [C]me go [D]

Why do [G]you keep reaching for my [Em]hand? Do you see something I [C]can’t? Why do [G]you try to [D]save me? [G]This fate is well [Em]deserved I only make things [C]worse, why do [G]you try to [D]save me? [G]

And [Em]sometimes, I pray [G] [C]that maybe I will change Into [Em]who [G]you [G]think [D]I [C]am

Why do [G]you keep reaching for my [Em]hand? Do you see something I [C]can’t? Why do [G]you try to [D]save me? [G]This fate is well [Em]deserved I only make things [C]worse, why do [G]you try to [D]save me? [G] Why do [G]you try to [D]save [G]me?

Artist Noah Kahan
Album Busyhead
Genres Alternative, Indie
Year 2019
Key G

How to Play Save Me on Guitar?

Noah Kahan - Save Me can be played in the key of G using the G, Bm, C, D, Em chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Save Me with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.