C          Am      Dm        G7     C          Am        Dm  G7 
GUESS THAT IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN; WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME 
               C     Am     Dm                C          C/B     Am 
BUT NOW I'VE COME TO MY DECISION, AND IT'S A ONE OF THE PAINFUL KIND 
Am/G            F              G        Am    Am/G 
'CAUSE NOW IT SEEMS THAT YOU WANTED A MARTYR, 
     F         C/E          Dm   G7 
JUST A REGULAR GUY WOULDN'T DO 
      C    C/B     Am    Dm              G7       C   C7 
BUT BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU. 
        C     Am     Dm      G7            C          Am      Dm  G7 
YES I REALLY GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU, 'CAUSE GIRL, YOU REALLY TRIED 
         C     Am       Dm         G7 
BUT FOR EVERY TIME THAT WE SPENT LAUGHIN' 
            C   C/B     Am    Am/G 
THERE WERE TWO TIMES THAT I CRIED. 
                F        G           Am,Am/G 
AND YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE ME YOUR MARTYR 
                F           C            Dm  G7 
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING I JUST COULDN'T DO 
       C     C/B      Am   Dm       G7               C  C7 
'CAUSE BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU. 
      F            G         Am Em 
'CAUSE TABLES ARE MEANT FOR TURNIN', 
     F          C         Dm     G7 
AND PEOPLE ARE BOUND TO CHANGE 
    F             G        Am Em 
AND BRIDGES ARE MEANT FOR BURNIN', 
          F          C             Dm7             G7  Dm7 G7 
WHEN THE PEOPLE AND MEMORIES THEY JUST AREN'T THE SAME 
          C        Am       Dm    G7             C       Am      Dm G7 
SO I'LL HOPE THAT YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER WHO CAN TAKE WHAT I COULD NOT 
C             Am    Dm    G7       C     C/B   Am Am/G 
HE'LL HAVE TO BE A SUPER GUY OR MAYBE A SUPER GOD 
          F         G          Am    Am/G 
'CAUSE I NEVER WAS MUCH OF A MARTYR BEFORE 
        F              C/E         Dm    G7 
AND I AIN'T 'BOUT TO START NOTHIN' NEW 
      C      C/B   Am   Dm              G7        C 
AND BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU.