{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":258,"song":"Martha","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/258-martha-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/258?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":427,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOperator, number please, it's been so many years[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill she remember my old voice while I fight the tears?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHello, hello there, is this Martha? This is old Tom Frost[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's been fourty years or more now, Martha, please recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all, and[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose were days of roses,  of poetry and prose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was no tomorrows,  we packed away our sorrows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we saved them for a rainy day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel so much older now, you're much older too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow's your husband, and how's your kids? You know that I got married too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n  Lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature, and[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose were days of roses,  of poetry and prose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was no tomorrows,  we packed away our sorrows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we saved them for a rainy day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And all that really mattered then was that I-- was a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI guess that our being together was never meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMartha,   Martha,   I love you, can't you see? And[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose were days of roses,  of poetry and prose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was no tomorrows,  we packed away our sorrows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we saved them for a rainy day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember quiet evenings, trembling close to you[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G\nD  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nD  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nD  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G\nD  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nD  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  G\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","A7","Bm","A","G","B7","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}