Martha Chords by Tom Waits

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