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Martha by Tom Waits - Guitar Chords
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Tom Waits - Martha
Closing Time (1973)
Original in D#, so when played in C: Capo 3
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C G7 C G7 Am G F F
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
Operator, number please, it's been so many years
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
Hello, hello there, is this Martha? This is ol' Tom Frost
C A7 Dm G7 Am G F F
And I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
'cause it's been fourty years or more now, Martha, please recall
C A7 Dm G Am G F F
And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all
C C F F C C F
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
F Am Am F F Dm G C F
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me
C C F F C C F
There was no tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows
F Am Am F G C F C
And we saved them for a rainy day
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
And I feel so much older now, you're much older too
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
How's your husband, and how's your kids? You know that I got married, too
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
Lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure
C A7 Dm G7 Am G F F
'cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature
C C F F C C F
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
F Am Am F F Dm G C F
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me
C C F F C C F
There was no tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows
F Am Am F G C F
And we saved them for a rainy day
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
And all that really mattered then was that I-- was a man
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I guess that our bein' together was never meant to be
C A7 Dm G7 Am G F F
Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see
C C F F C C F
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
F Am Am F F Dm G C F
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me
C C F F C C F
There was no tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows
F Am Am F G C F
And we saved them for a rainy day
C G7 C G7 Am G F F
C G7 C G7 Am G F
And I remember quiet evenings, trembling close to you
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