Chords for Martha Wainwright,Matapedia

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_ Her hair was dyed black and she was bending down
_ [G] _ Began something from off the ground
She [D] was seventeen and _ he said, oh my god, [A] it's Kate
_ _ She said, no, I'm the daughter of Kate
[G] My name is Martha, who [D] are you?
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Ma never told me, never told me, but
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_ He put his big middle-aged hands upon her shoulder
_ [G] And he looked her in the eye _
Just like a boy of [D] nineteen would do _ _
_ She was not [A] afraid _ _
No, she was not [D] afraid _ _
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_ _ _ [D] Once upon a time, two kids in love
In a car were flying over mountains
Trying to catch a boat that would take them [G] up a river to home
_ And they raced them [A] out
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_ _ [G] Sixteen minutes, sixteen miles, seventeen minutes, seventeen miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles, ten, nine, eight
And I was not [A] afraid
No, _ _ _ I was [D] not afraid _ _ _ _ _ _
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Ah, we made the boat with minutes to spare
And we [G] crossed on over to the other side
Back home [D] safe and sound
_ _ _ _ But I could [A] not slow down
_ _ _ No, I could [D] not slow down
_ _ _ _ And [G] we _ _ _ _ raced [A] the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] field _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Sixteen minutes, sixteen miles, seventeen minutes, thirteen miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles, ten, nine, eight
And I could [A] not slow down
_ _ No, I could [D] not slow down
_ _ _ _ [G] And we _ _ _ _ _ raced [A] the field
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Sixteen minutes, sixteen miles, seventeen minutes, thirteen miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles, ten, nine, eight
And I could not [A] slow down
_ _ No, I could not [D] slow down
_ _ _ _ I was not [A]
afraid
No, _ I was not [D]
afraid
_ _ I could not slow down
_ _ _ I was [D] not afraid
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