Martha Chords by Tom Waits

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