martha Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][A][Bm][A][G][D][A][D][A]
[Bm][A][G]
[D]Operat[A]or

[Verse 1]
[D]number [A]please.
It's [Bm]been so [A]many [G]years.
And [D]she'll remem[A]ber [D]my old [A]voice.
[Bm]While [A]I fight t[G]he tears.
Hel[D]lo, hel[Ebdim]lo there [B]is thi[Em]s Martha?[A]
[D]This is [Ebdim]old tom f[B]rost[Em].[A]
An[D]d I am [B]calling [Em]long distance.
[A]Don't wor[Bm]ry abo[A]ut the[G] cost.
[D]It's [Ebdim]been 40 y[B]ears or m[Em]ore.[A]
Now [D]Martha [B]please re[Em]call.[A]
And [D]meet me [Ebdim]out for coffe[Em]e.
[A]Where we'll [Bm]talk [A]about it [G]all.
And [D]those were days of [G]roses.
[D]Poetry and [G]prose and Martha.
And [Bm]all I had was [G]you and all
you [Em]had [Asus4]was me.[D]
And there was no [G]tomorrow's.
As we [D]packed away our [G]sorrows.
And we [Bm]saved it [A]for [Em]a rainy[Asus4]
[D]day.[A][D][A][Bm][A][G]
An[A]d I feel so much [D]older [A]now.
An[Bm]d you're [A]much older [G]too.
[D]Oh how's the [A]husband [D]how's
the kid[A]s?
You know that [Bm]I got ma[A]rried to[G]o!
Oh [D]lucky [B]that ya [Em]found someone.
[A]To mak[D]e ya [B]feel secure.
[Em]Oh c[A]ause we were[D] all[B]
so [Em]young and fool[A]ish.
[Bm]An d now we ar[A]e matu[G]re.
And [D]those were days of [G]roses.
[D]Poetry and pro[G]se and Martha.
And [Bm]all I had was [G]you and all
you [Em]had [A]was [D]me.
And there was no to[G]morrow's.
As we [D]packed away our [G]sorrows.
And we [Bm]saved it for a [Em]rainy[A]
[D]day.[A][D][A][Bm][A][G]
[D]An [A]d I was [D]so impuls[A]ive.
I [Bm]guess that [A]I still [G]am.
[D]But all that [A]really [D]mattered [A]then.
Was [Bm]that I [A]was a [G]man.
I guess [B]that our being [A]together.
Was [D]never [Ebdim]meant to be.[Em]
[A]Oh but [D]Martha,
[Ebdim]Martha I [Em]love yo[A]u.[Bm]
[A]Can't you [G]see.
And [D]those were days of [G]roses.
[D]Poetry and [G]prose and Martha.
And all [Bm]I had [D]was you[G] and
all you [Em]had [A]was [D]me.
And there was no to[G]morrow's.
As we [D]packed away our [G]sorrows.
And we saved it [A]for a [Em]rainy [A]day[D].
[A]An [D]d I[A][Bm][A][G][D]
[A]remember [D]quiet [A]evenings.
Trem[Bm]bling [A]close to [G]you.