Martha Chords

Key:Eb; Capo:1st fret

[Intro]
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G
 
[Verse 1]
D  A7     D      A7      
Operator, number please, 
     Bm      A    G     G
it's been so many years
     D     A7     D      A7    
Will she remember my old voice 
Bm      A         G     G
while I fight the tears?
  D      B7         Em      A7      
Hello, hello there, is this Martha? 
D       B7      Em    A7
This is old Tom Frost
    D    B7      Em   A7        
And I am calling long distance, 
      Bm     A        G    G
don't worry about the cost
       D         B7     Em       A7        
'Cause it's been fourty years or more now, 
D       B7       Em   A7
Martha, please recall
    D       B7      Em     A7    
And meet me out for coffee where 
      Bm    A       G    G
we'll talk about it all, and
 
[Chorus]
D          D       G     G 
Those were days of roses,  
   D  D       G
of poetry and prose
    G       Bm    Bm      G    
And Martha, all I had was you, 
    G       Em  A   D  G
and all you had was me
D         D    G       G 
There was no tomorrows,  
   D       D       G
we packed away our sorrows
G      Bm         Bm    G  A  D   G  D
And we saved them for a rainy day
 
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G
 
[Verse 2]
    D      A7      D     A7   
And I feel so much older now, 
Bm          A     G   G
you're much older too
D          A7          
How's your husband, 
    D          A7 
and how's your kids? 
              Bm    A       G   G
You know that I got married too
D       B7       Em        A7  
  Lucky that you found someone 
   D        B7     Em   A7
to make you feel secure
       D       B7     Em        A7       
'Cause we were all so young and foolish, 
Bm     A     G     G
now we are mature, and
 
[Chorus]
D          D       G     G 
Those were days of roses,  
   D  D       G
of poetry and prose
    G       Bm    Bm      G    
And Martha, all I had was you, 
    G       Em  A   D  G
and all you had was me
D         D    G       G 
There was no tomorrows,  
   D       D       G
we packed away our sorrows
G      Bm         Bm    G  A  D   G  D
And we saved them for a rainy day
 
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G
 
[Verse 3]
    D     A7     D    A7       
And I was always so impulsive, 
  Bm         A       G  G
I guess that I still am
D              A7     D        
  And all that really mattered 
A7       Bm    A        G   G
then was that I-- was a man
  D          B7  Em      A7     
I guess that our being together 
    D     B7       Em  A7
was never meant to be
D      B7 Em     A7   Bm        
Martha,   Martha,   I love you, 
A         G    G
can't you see? And
 
[Chorus]
D          D       G     G 
Those were days of roses,  
   D  D       G
of poetry and prose
    G       Bm    Bm      G    
And Martha, all I had was you, 
    G       Em  A   D  G
and all you had was me
D         D    G       G 
There was no tomorrows,  
   D       D       G
we packed away our sorrows
G      Bm         Bm    G  A  D   G  D
And we saved them for a rainy day
 
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G
 
[Outro]
    D   A7     D     A7        Bm        A        G
And I remember quiet evenings, trembling close to you