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Tom Waits

7 Chords for this song:

D, A7, Bm, A, G, B7, Em

The chords, in ukelele, for Martha are simple. This song from Tom Waits 1973 album Closing Time has a slow, lilting rhythm and the chords can often be played as single notes. We cant help the vocals.

Martha

D         A7       D             A7     
Operator,    number please,
      Bm      A              G  
it's been so many years
         D    A7                  D      A7   
Will she remember my old voice
 Bm         A                  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
 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    
and meet me out for coffee 
 A7                Bm      A        G       
where we'll talk about it all, and

D                      G
Those were days of roses,
           D                  G
  of poetry and prose
    G                Bm                   G   
and Martha, all I had was you, 
     G              Em              A   D  G
and all you had was me
D                                   G
There was no tomorrows, 
              D                             G
 we packed away our sorrows
G              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        
and I feel so much older now, 
 Bm          A                G
you're much older too
D                           A7                D                 A7   
How's your husband, and how's your kids?
               Bm        A         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     
 now we are mature, and
 
             D                      G
Those were days of roses,
           D                  G
  of poetry and prose
    G                Bm                   G   
and Martha, all I had was you, 
     G              Em              A   D  G
and all you had was me
D                                   G
There was no tomorrows, 
              D                             G
 we packed away our sorrows
G              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

D            A7          D    A7       
and I was always so impulsive, 
  Bm         A            G
I guess that I still am
D                        A7        D        
 and all that really mattered 
  A7       Bm    A                 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    A    G            
Martha,   Martha,   I      love you,
  A                 G     
 can't you see? and

D           A7             D       A7     
and I remember quiet evenings, 
 Bm               A            G
trembling close to you

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