The Saint That Is Just Me

Intro: D D2 Dsus D Gadd2 (2x) D Gadd2 I thought I'd be heroic and inspiring. Dadd2 Gadd2 I wanted to offer you the greatest sacrifice. Bm A Like all the saints who'd gone before me, Gadd2 A7sus I tried to prove my love for you, and so to gain the prize. D Gadd2 I thought I'd be a martyr like Cecilia. D Gadd2 I hoped I'd disappear like Saint Therese, Bm A Or wear a hidden crown of thorns like Rose of Lima, Gadd2 Asus To heal the sick and raise the dead. Bm Asus A When you hung upon the cross looking at me, Gadd2 A7sus You didn't die so I would try to be somebody else. D A/C# Gadd2 D Gadd2 A7 D D2 Dsus D Gsus2 You died so I could be the saint that is just me. D D2 Dsus D Gsus2 D Gadd2 I wanted to be poor and free like Francis, D Gadd2 To cut off my long hair like lovely Clare. Bmadd2 A To be faithful like Mother Teresa in the darkness, Gadd2 Asus Lord, won't you make me just like her? D Gadd2 I tried to kneel for hours in the chapel corner, D Gadd2 To persevere like Paul with all my sleepless nights, Bm A To stay awake and trim my lamp with ten wise virgins, Gadd2 Aadd4 To really give the devil a good fight. Bm Asus A When you hung upon the cross looking at me, Gadd2 A7sus You didn't die so I would try to be somebody else. D A/C# Gadd2 D Gadd2 A7 Bm You died so I could be the saint that is just me. Dmaj7/A G Aadd4 Just me, you died just for me. Bmadd7 Dmaj7/A Gadd2 Asus Just me, just me, you died just for me. D Gadd2 You saw that I was perfectly imperfect. D/A G Bmadd2/A O happy fault, the sin of Adam's pride. A That's the reason that you became man, Gadd2 A7sus And bore the new Eve from your wounded side. D G(add2)/D If it weren't for my sins or wounds or weakness, D Gadd2 A Bmadd2 Then you wouldn't have married me upon the cross. A Why do I fear being seen naked and broken? Gadd2 Aadd4 That's why you came; 'cause I need you that much. Bmadd2 Asus A When you hung upon the cross looking at me, Asus Gadd2 A7sus You didn't die so I would try to be somebody else. D A Gadd2 D Gadd2 A D D2 Dsus D Gadd2 You died so I could be the saint that is just me. D D2 Dsus D G G/A D