Martha Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][C][G]
[Am][G][F]
[C][G][C][G]
[Am][G][F]

[Verse 1]
[C]Ope[G]rator, [C]number [G]please,
it's [Am]been so [G]many [F]years
Will [C]she remem[G]ber [C]my old [G]voice
[Am]while I [G]fight the [F]tears?
Hel[C]lo, hel[A]lo there, [Dm]is this Ma[G]rtha?
[C]This is [A]old Tom [Dm]Frost[G]
And [C]I am c[A]alling l[Dm]ong d[G]istance,
don't [Am]worry a[G]bout the [F]cost
'Cause [C]it's been [A]forty [Dm]years or [G]more,
now [C]Martha [A]please re[Dm]call[G]
[C]Meet me [A]out for [Dm]coffee
[G]where we'll [Am]talk a[G]bout it [F]all

[Chorus 1]
And [C]those were
the days of [F]roses,
of [C]poetry and [F]prose
And Martha [Am]all I h[G]ad was y[F]ou
and all you [Dm]had [G]was [C]me
[C]There was no to[F]morrows,
we [C]packed away our [F]sorrows
And we [Am]saved them [G]for a [Dm]rainy [G]day
[C]
[C][G][C][G]
[Am][G][F]

[Verse 2]
And [C]I feel s[G]o much o[C]lder n[G]ow,
[Am]you're much [G]older, [F]too
[C]How's your [G]husband?
And [C]how's your [G]kids?
You know that [Am]I got ma[G]rried to[F]o
[C]Lucky tha[A]t you fou[Dm]nd someone[G]
to [C]make you [A]feel se[Dm]cure[G]
'Cause [C]we were [A]all so [Dm]young and [G]foolish,
[Am]now we a[G]re mat[F]ure

[Chorus 2]
And [C]those were
the days of [F]roses,
of [C]poetry and [F]prose
And Martha [Am]all I h[G]ad was y[F]ou
and all you [Dm]had [G]was [C]me
[C]There was no to[F]morrows,
we [C]packed away our [F]sorrows
And we [Am]saved them
[G]for a [Dm]rainy [G]day[C]

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C][G]
[Am][G][F]
[C][G][C][G]
[Am][G][F]

[Verse 3]
And [C]I was a[G]lways s[C]o i[G]mpulsive,
I [Am]guess that [G]I still a[F]m
[C]And all that rea[G]lly mat[C]tered
[G]then was [Am]that [G]I was a m[F]an
I [C]guess that [A]our [Dm]being to[G]gether
was [C]never [A]meant to [Dm]be[G]
But [C]Martha, [A]Mar[Dm]tha,[G]
I [Am]love you, [G]can't you [F]see?

[Chorus 3]
And [C]those were
the days of [F]roses,
of [C]poetry and [F]prose
And Martha [Am]all I h[G]ad was y[F]ou
and all you [Dm]had [G]was [C]me
[C]There was no to[F]morrows,
we [C]packed away our [F]sorrows
And we [Am]saved them
[G]for a [Dm]rainy [G]day[C]

[Outro 1]
[C][G][C][G]
[Am][G][F]
And [C]I r[G]emember q[C]uiet e[G]venings
[Am]trembling [G]close to [F]you