| C | Am | Dm | G7 | C | Am | Dm | G7 | |
| GUESS THAT | IT WAS B | OUND TO HA | PPEN; | WAS JUST A M | ATTER OF T | IME |
| C | Am | Dm | G7 | C | C/B | Am | |
| BUT NOW I'VE CO | ME TO | MY DE | CISION | , AND IT'S A O | NE OF THE P | AINFUL K | IND |
| Am/G | F | G | Am | Am/G | |
| 'CAUSE NOW IT SE | EMS THAT YOU WA | NTED A MA | RTYR, |
| F | C/E | Dm | G7 | |
| JUST A R | EGULAR G | UY WOULDN'T | DO |
| C | C/B | Am | Dm | G7 | C | G7 | |
| BUT BABY, I | C | AN'T H | ANG UP | ON NO LOVER'S CR | OSS FOR Y | OU. |
| C | Am | Dm | G7 | C | Am | Dm | G7 | |
| YES I RE | ALLY G | OT TO H | AND IT T | O YOU, | 'CAUSE GIRL | , YOU REALLY TR | IED |
| C | Am | Dm | G7 | |
| BUT FOR E | VERY T | IME THAT W | E SPENT LA | UGHIN' |
| C | C/B | Am | Am/G | |
| THERE WERE T | WO TIMES TH | AT I CR | IED. |
| F | G | Am | Am/G | |
| AND YOU WERE T | RYING TO M | AKE ME YOUR M | ARTYR |
| F | C | Dm | G7 | |
| AND THAT'S THE O | NE THING I J | UST COULDN'T D | O |
| C | C/B | Am | Dm | G7 | C | C7 | |
| 'CAUSE BABY, | I CA | N'T H | ANG U | PON NO LO | VER'S CROSS FOR Y | OU. |
| F | G | Am | Em | |
| 'CAUSE | TABLES ARE M | EANT FOR T | URN | IN', |
| F | C | Dm | G7 | |
| AND P | EOPLE ARE B | OUND TO CH | ANGE |
| F | G | Am | Em | |
| AND | BRIDGES ARE ME | ANT FOR B | URN | IN', |
| F | C | Dm7 | G7 | Dm7 | G7 | |
| WHEN THE P | EOPLE AND M | EMORIES THEY J | UST AREN'T THE S | AME |
| C | Am | Dm | G7 | C | Am | Dm | G7 | |
| SO I'LL HO | PE THAT Y | OU CAN FI | ND ANO | THER WHO CAN TA | KE WHAT | I COULD | NOT |
| C | Am | Dm | G7 | C | C/B | Am | Am/G | |
| HE'LL HAVE TO | BE A S | UPER G | UY OR MAY | BE A S | UPER G | OD |
| F | G | Am | Am/G | |
| 'CAUSE I N | EVER WAS M | UCH OF A MA | RTYR B | EFORE |
| F | C/E | Dm | G7 | |
| AND I AI | N'T 'BOUT TO ST | ART NOTHIN' | NEW |
| C | C/B | Am | Dm | G7 | C | |
| AND BA | BY, I C | AN'T H | ANG U | PON NO LOVER'S C | ROSS FOR Y | OU. |
| E, Am, F#m7-5, G, F, G7, C |