The White Stripes – A Martyr For My Love For You (Guitar)

        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

                      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

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

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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

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

                             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