Chords for Tom Waits - Martha (Rare Live Performance - Denver, CO 1974)

_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb]
Operator [Eb] number [Bb] please, [Gm] it's been so many [Ab] years.
[Eb] Will she remember my [Bb] old voice [Cm] while [Gm] I fight [Ab] the tears?
_ [Eb] Hello, [C] hello, [F] there is this Martha, [C] this is old [F] Tom Frost. _ _
_ [C] I'm [F] calling long distance, [Cm] don't worry [Gm] about [Ab] the cost. _ _ _
[C] It's been [F] 40 years or more now, [C] Martha, please recall.
_ _ [Eb] Need [C] me out [F] for coffee?
Well, [Eb] talk about [Ab] it all.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Those were [Ab] days of [Eb] roses, _ poetry [Ab] and prose.
And hey Martha, [Cm] all I [Ab] had was you and all you [Eb] had was me. _
There was no [Ab] tomorrow, [Eb] we packed away [Ab] our sorrows.
_ [Cm] Save them for [F] [Eb] rainy days. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I [Bb] feel so much older now, [Cm] and you're [Eb] much older [Ab] too.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] How's the [Eb] husband, how's [Bb] the kids, you [Gm] know, that I got married [Ab] to? _
_ [Eb] Lucky [C] that you [F] found someone [Eb] to [C] make you feel [F] secure.
_ [Eb]
We [C] were [F] all so young and foolish, [Cm] but now [Gm] we are [Ab] mature. _ _ _
And [Eb] _ those were [Ab] days of roses, [Eb] _ poetry and [Ab] prose.
[Cm] And Martha, all [Ab] I had was you and [Fm] all you had [Eb] was me.
_ There was no [Ab]
tomorrow, [Eb] we packed away our [Ab] sorrows. _
[Cm] And we're saving [Fm] for a [Eb] rainy day. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
I [Bb] was [Eb] always so [Bb] impulsive, and I [Eb] guess that I [Ab] still am.
_ [Eb] But all that really mattered [Bb] then [Cm] was that [C] I was [Ab] a man.
And I _ [Eb] _
[C] guess that our [F] being together was never [C] meant to [F] be.
_ _ But [C] Martha, _ [F] Martha, _ [Cm] I [Gm] love you, can't [Ab] you see? _ _
And [Eb] _ those were [Ab] days of [Eb] roses, _ poetry [Ab] and prose.
And Martha, [Gm] all I [Ab] had was you and [Fm] all you had [Eb] was me.
_ _ There was no [Ab]
tomorrow, [Eb] we packed away our [Ab] sorrows.
[Cm]
And we're saving for [Eb] a rainy day. _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] And [Bb] I remember [Eb] _ quiet [Bb] evenings, [Cm] _ [Eb] trembling close to [Ab] you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Thank you very much, good night.
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