A Martyr For My Love For You

	  		Intro: Am Em 

Verse 1:
        Am          Em 
She was sixteen and six feet tall 
      Dm                       C                Am 
In a crowd of teenagers coming out of the zoo 
                         Em 
She stumbled started to slip and fall 
        Dm                             C           Am 
Teeter-tottered on the top of patent leather shoes 
               Em 
I happened to catch her and said 
        Dm                  C                       Am     Em Am 
"Maybe these ruby shoes are a little cumbersome for you" 
Em         Am  Em 
Maybe for you, now 

Riff Break 
Am 

Verse 2:
 
                      Em 
But not as shaky as I must have seemed 
         Dm                             C             Am 
Talking junk through her giggle, little teenage dream 
                          Em 
And on the phone I could not compete 
         Dm                       C           Am 
My dumb-luck fake competence was getting weak 
                        Em 
For a sec' I thought I sounded sweet 
             Dm              C 
But sure enough in a gruff, faint voice 
              Am      Am Em 
I heard myself speak 


D              A 
I could stay a while 
    C                    G 
But sooner or later I'll break your smile 
D                A 
And I can tell a joke 
 C                         G 
But one of these days I'm bound to choke 
D                   A 
And we could share a kiss 
    C                      G 
But I feel like I can't go through with this 
D                    A 
And I bet we could build a home 
          C                    G 
But I know the right thing for me to do 
                 Am    Em Am Em 
Is to leave you alone 
           Am     Em 
Leave you alone, now 


Break 
Am Em (x8) 
Am 

Verse 3:
 
Am               Em 
I'm beginning to like you 
        D                         C 
So you probably won't get what I'm going to do 
Am                Em 
I'm walking away from you 
    D                        C 
It probably don't make much sense to you 
Am                Em 
But I'm trying to save you 
D                                 C              Am Em Am 
From all of the things that I'll probably say or do 
Em            Am Em Am 
I'll probably do 

 
D              A 
I could stay a while 
    C                    G 
But sooner or later I'll break your smile 
D                A 
And I can tell a joke 
 C                         G 
But one of these days I'm bound to choke 
D                   A 
And we could share a kiss 
    C                      G 
But I feel like I can't go through with this 
D                    A 
And I bet we could build a home 
          C                    G 
But I know the right thing for me to do 
                 Am    Em Am Em 
Is to leave you alone 
           Am     Em 
Leave you alone, now 


 Break 
Am Em (x3) 

Verse 4:
verse 4 
Am               Em 
You'll probably call me a fool 
        D                        C 
And say I'm doing exactly what a coward would do 
Am 
And I'm beginning to like you 
       D                     C 
It's a shame what a lame way to live 
    G          Am 
But what can I do? 
                Em           D 
I hope you appreciate what I do 


Outro 
                             Am   Em  Am 
I'm a martyr for my love for you 
   Em                     Am  Em   Am 
A martyr for my love for you, now 
  Em                     Am   Em Am 
A martyr for my love for you 
   Em                     Am 
A martyr for my love for you