Chords for Tom Waits - "Martha"

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_ [Gm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Operator, [Eb] _ [Bb] number please, [Cm] it's been [Bb] so many [Ab] _ years.
_ [Eb] She [Bb] remembers [Eb] my [Bb] old voice [Cm] while I fight [Ab] the tears. _
_ [Eb] Hello, [C] hello, [F] there is this [Eb] Martha, [C] this is old Tom [F] Frost. _
[Eb] And I [C] am calling [Fm] long [F] distance, [Cm] don't worry about [Ab] the cost. _
_ [Eb] It's [C] been [F] 40 years or more now, [C] Martha, please [F] recall. _
_ [Eb] Meet [C] me out [F] for coffee, where [Gm] we'll talk about it [Ab] _ _
all.
[Eb] And _ those were days of [Ab] roses, _ [Eb] cold and free [Ab] and frozen.
Martha, [Bb] all I [Ab] had was you and all [Fm] you had was [Eb] me. _
_ _ There was no [Ab] _
tomorrows [Eb] that packed [Ab] away our sorrows.
And we saved [Cm] them for [Fm] a rainy [Bb] _
[Eb] day.
_ And _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
I [Bb] feel so [Eb] much [Bb] older now, [Cm]
and you're [Gm] much [Ab] older too.
_ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] How's the husband?
[Eb] And how's [Bb] your kids?
You [Cm] know that I [Bb] got married [Ab] too.
_ _ [Eb]
Lucky [C] that [F] you found someone [Eb] to make you [C] feel [F] secure.
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We were [C] all so [F] young [Bb] and too [Cm] late, and now [Bb] we are [Ab] mature. _ _
And [Eb] _ _ those were days of [Ab]
roses, _ [Eb] cold and free [Ab] and frozen.
Martha, all I had was you and all [Fm] you had was me. _ _
There was no _ [Ab] tomorrows _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] that packed away our sorrows.
And we [Eb] saved them for [Ab] a rainy _ _ [Eb]
day.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] And I [Bb] was always [Eb]
so [Bb] impulsive.
[Cm] I guess that I [Ab] still am.
_ _ [Eb] But [Bb] all that really [Eb] mattered [Bb] then [Cm] was that I was a [Ab]
man.
I [Eb] guess that our [F] being _ [Bb] together [Eb] was never [C] meant to [F] be.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] Martha, [C] _ _ [F]
Martha, [Bb] _ [Cm] I love [Eb] you, can't [Ab] you _ see?
_ And [Eb] _
those were days of [Ab] roses, _ _ [Eb]
cold and free and [Ab] frozen.
Martha, [Cm] all I [Ab] had was you and [Fm] all you had was [Eb] me.
_ _ _ There was no [Ab] _ _ tomorrows [Eb] that packed away our sorrows.
And we saved [Bb] them for [Ab] a rainy _ [Eb] day.
_ And _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
I [Bb] remember _ [Bb] quiet evenings _ [Cm] trembling [Gm] _ close to [Ab]
you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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