Ms. Martha Chords by Curtis Mayfield

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_ _ [C#m] _ She sat on the [B] porch, [D#] everything about past noon.
[F#m] _ But from her eyes, I just see a sad blue.
[C#m] Miss Martha, _ [F] is there anything that I can do for [A] you?
She'd say, no my son, [N] the Lord will see that you're [C#] right.
Her little son, [A] name is Little Ray.
[Em] Red in his eyes, and all he knows is getting paid.
[C#m] _ Sell his soul to the devil if he could.
[A] Mrs.
Martha, [C#m] she'd do her [E] best, like we know she always would.
[C#m] Sometimes I look up, [A] and sometimes I look down.
Despite one way [F#m] in, and no way out.
[C#m] But we all know [F#m] each other, and [A] spread _ love.
Like [F#m] she's amongst us, [C#m] like Miss Martha.
_ [D#] Like Miss Martha, yeah, _ [C#m] yeah.
Like Miss Martha.
Like Miss Martha, oh. _
Like Miss Martha.
Like Miss Martha, [E] oh.
[D#] _
Like [A] Miss Martha.
Like Miss Martha, [F#m] oh. _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ Staying out of [G#m] place, just to see the ways.
[F#m] _ Never much to say, kept an empty [C#m] face.
Miss Martha.
Could it be, [B] she just doesn't have a man?
[F#m] Or maybe, we just don't understand.
[E] All right.
There are so many things I wish to do for you.
Follow your heart, [F#m] to make the dreams come true.
[E] _ Reason why I haven't passed away,
[N] _ I live to make sure you see a better day.
[C#m] Sometimes I look up, [D#] and sometimes I look down.
[G#] [A] Despite one way [F#] in, and no way out.
But [C#m] we all know each [F#m] other, and spread love around the world.
Not even like each [B] other.
[C#m] Sometimes I look up, and [D#] sometimes I look [G] down.
[C#] Despite one way in, [F#m] and no way out.
But we [C#m] all know _ [A] each other, and spread love around the world.
Not [F#m] even _ like each [C#m] other.
Sometimes I look up, [E] and sometimes [D#] I look down.
[F#m] Despite one way in, and no way [C#m] out.
But we all know _ [E] each other, [D#] [C#] and spread love around the [F#m] world.
Not even like each [B] other.
[C#m] Sometimes I look [D#] up, and sometimes I [G#m] look down.
[C#m] Despite one way in, [B] and no [F#m] way [C#] out.
But we all know [F#] each other, [G#m] and [A] spread love around the world.
[F#m] Not even like each other.
[C#m] Sometimes I look [E] up, [D#] and sometimes I look down.
Despite [C#] one way in, _ [F#m] and no [C#m] way out. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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