Chords for songs

Martha

Martha

Martha chords

by Tom Waits

Year: 1973

Genre: Folk

Guitar
TuningE A D G B E
CapoFret 3

C
G
Am
F
A
Dm

Smart scroll

Intro 1

C

G

C

G

Am

G

F

C

G

C

G

Am

G

F

Verse 1

C

Operator,

G

C

number please,

G

it's

Am

been so

G

many years

F

Will

C

she remem_

G

ber

C

my old voice

G

Am

while I

G

fight the tears?

F

Hel

C

lo, hello

A

there,

Dm

is this

G

Martha?

C

This is old

A

Tom

Dm

Frost

G

And

C

I am calling

A

long

Dm

distance,

G

don't

Am

worry a

G

bout the cost

F

'Cause

C

it's been

A

forty years

Dm

or

G

more, now

C

Martha please

A

recall

Dm

G

C

Meet me out

A

for coffee

Dm

G

where we'll talk

Am

about

G

it all

F

And

Chorus 1

C

those were the days

of

F

roses,

of

C

poetry

and

F

prose And

Martha

Am

all I

G

had was

F

you and

all you

Dm

had was

G

me

C

C

There was

no to

F

morrows,

we

C

packed away our

F

sorrows

And we saved

Am

them

G

for a

Dm

rainy

G

day

C

C

G

C

G

Am

G

F

And

Verse 2

C

I feel

G

so much older

C

now,

G

Am

you're much older,

G

too

F

C

How's your husband?

G

And

C

how's your kids?

G

You know that

Am

I got

G

married too

F

C

Lucky that

A

you found

Dm

some

G

one to make

C

you feel

A

secure

Dm

G

'Cause

C

we were all

A

so

Dm

young and

G

foolish,

Am

now we

G

are mature

F

And

Chorus 2

C

those were the days

of

F

roses,

of

C

poetry

and

F

prose And

Martha

Am

all I

G

had was

F

you and

all you

Dm

had was

G

me

C

C

There was

no to

F

morrows,

we

C

packed away our

F

sorrows

And we saved

Am

them

G

for a

Dm

rainy

G

day

C

Interlude 1

C

G

C

G

Am

G

F

C

G

C

G

Am

G

F

And

Verse 3

C

I was always

G

C

so impulsive,

G

I

Am

guess that I

G

still am

F

C

And all that

G

really mattered

C

then

G

was

Am

that I

G

was a man

F

I

C

guess that our

A

being

Dm

to

G

gether was

C

never meant

A

to be

Dm

G

But

C

Martha,

A

Dm

Martha,

G

I

Am

love you,

G

can't you

F

see?

And

Chorus 3

C

those were the days

of

F

roses,

of

C

poetry

and

F

prose And

Martha

Am

all I

G

had was

F

you and

all you

Dm

had was

G

me

C

C

There was

no to

F

morrows,

we

C

packed away our

F

sorrows

And we saved

Am

them

G

for a

Dm

rainy

G

day

C

Outro 1

C

G

C

G

Am

G

F

And

C

I remember

G

C

quiet evenings

G

Am

trembling

G

close to

F

you

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