Martha Chords by Tom Waits

[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Operator, _ [Eb] [Bb] number [Cm] please, 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, [Fm] there [Bb] is this [Eb] Martha, this [C] is old [Fm] Tom [Bb] Frost. _
[Eb] And I [C] am calling [Fm] [Eb] long [Bb] distance, [Cm] don't worry about [Ab] the cost. _ _
[Eb] It's [C] been 40 [Fm] [Eb] years [Bb] or more [Eb] now, Martha, [C] please [Eb] recall.
_ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] [C] Meet me [Bb] out for coffee, _ where we'll [Eb] talk [Gm] about [Ab] it all. _
Those _ [Eb] _ _ were [Ab] days of roses, _ [Eb] for the [Ab] tree and frozen Martha.
[Eb] All I [Ab] had was you and all [Fm] you had was [Eb] me. _ _
There was no [Ab] _ tomorrows, [Eb] we packed away [Ab] our sorrows.
And we [Cm] saved them [Fm] for a rainy [Eb] day. _
_ _ And _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] I 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] [Fm] that you [Ab] found [Bb] someone [Eb] to [C] make you feel [Fm]
[Bb] secure.
_ _ [Eb] We [C] were all [Eb] so young [Bb] and [Cm] foolish, now [Gm] we are [Ab] mature.
_ _ _ And [Eb] _
those were [Ab] days of roses, _ [Eb] for the tree [Ab] and frozen Martha.
All I had was you and all [Fm] you had [Eb] was me.
_ _ There was no [Ab] _ _ [Eb] tomorrows, we packed [Ab] away our sorrows.
And we saved [Eb] them [Fm] for a rainy _ [Eb] day. _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [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] is that I [Ab] was a man.
[Eb] I guess [C] that [Fm] our being [Bb] _ [Eb] together was [C] never meant to [Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] be.
Martha, [C] _
_ [Fm] Martha, [Bb] _ [Cm] I [Eb] love you, can't [Ab] you _ see?
And [Eb] _ those were [Ab] days of roses, [Eb] for the tree [Ab] and frozen Martha.
[Cm] All I [Ab] had was you and all you had was [Eb] me. _ _ _
There was no [Ab] _ tomorrows, [Eb] we packed away [Ab] our sorrows.
And we [Eb] saved them [Ab] for a rainy [Eb] day. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ And I [Bb] remember _ [Eb] quiet [Bb] evenings, [Cm] _ [Eb] trembling [Gm] close [Ab]
to you. _ _ _ _ _ _
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