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Martha

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Meat Loaf - Martha
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO:  C   G   C   G   Am   G    F(2x) 
COpeGrator, Cnumber Gplease
It's Ambeen so G7many Fyears
And Cshe'll reGmember Cmy old Gvoice
While AmI hold Gback the FtearsC  
Hello, helA7lo there, Dmis this GMartha?
CThis is Aold Tom DmFrostG  
And CI am A7calling Dmlong disGtance
Don't Amworry aGbout the Fcost
CIt's been A7forty Dmyears or Gmore
Now CMartha, Aplease reDmcallG  
CMeet me A7out for Dmcoffee Gwhere
We'll Amtalk aGbout it Fall
CHORUS:
And, Cthose were days of Froses
CPoetry and Fprose
And Martha, Amall I Chad was Fyou
And all you Dhad G7was Cme
And there was no toFmorrows
As we Cpacked away our Fsorrows
And we saved it G7for a Dmrainy CdayG  C  G  Am  G  F  
And CI feel Gso much Colder G6now
And Amyou're much G7older Ftoo
Oh, Chow's the Ghusband and Chow's the G6kids?
You know that AmI got Gmarried Ftoo?
And Clucky A7that ya Dmfound someGone
To Cmake you Afeel seDmcureG  
Oh, 'cause Cwe were A7all so Dmyoung and Gfoolish
AmNow we Gare maFture
CHORUS:
And, Cthose were days of Froses
CPoetry and Fprose
And Martha, Amall I Chad was Fyou
And all you Dhad G7was Cme
And there was no toFmorrows
As we Cpacked away our Fsorrows
And we saved it G7for a Dmrainy CdayG  C  G  Am  G  F  
And CI was aGlways Cso imGpulsive
I Amguess that G7I still Fam
But Call that Greally Cmattered G6then
Was Amthat I Gwas a Fman
I Cguess that A7our Dmbeing toGgether
Was Cnever Ameant to DmbeG  
Oh, but CMartha,  A7Oh DmMarthaG  
I Amlove you, Gcan't you Fsee
CHORUS:
And, Cthose were days of Froses
CPoetry and Fprose
And Martha, Amall I Chad was Fyou
And all you Dhad G7was Cme
And there was no toFmorrows
As we Cpacked away our Fsorrows
And we saved it G7for a Dmrainy CdayG  C  G  Am  G  F  
OUTRO:     (## slow to end ##)
And CI reGmember Cquiet G6evenings
AmTrembling Gclose to Fyou

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Martha

by Meat Loaf

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Meat Loaf - Martha

CAPO: 3rd Fret

C G C G Am G F

INTRO: (2x)

C G C G

Operator, number please

Am G7 F

It's been so many years

C G C G

And she'll remember my old voice

Am G F C

While I hold back the tears

A7 Dm G

Hello, hello there, is this Martha?

C A Dm G

This is old Tom Frost

C A7 Dm G

And I am calling long distance

Am G F

Don't worry about the cost

C A7 Dm G

It's been forty years or more

C A Dm G

Now Martha, please recall

C A7 Dm G

Meet me out for coffee where

Am G F

We'll talk about it all

CHORUS:

C F

And, those were days of roses

C F

Poetry and prose

Am C F

And Martha, all I had was you

D G7 C

And all you had was me

And there was no tomorrows

C F

As we packed away our sorrows

G7 Dm C G C G Am G F

And we saved it for a rainy day

C G C G6

And I feel so much older now

Am G7 F

And you're much older too

C G C G6

Oh, how's the husband and how's the kids?

Am G F

You know that I got married too?

C A7 Dm G

And lucky that ya found someone

C A Dm G

To make you feel secure

C A7 Dm G

Oh, 'cause we were all so young and foolish

Am G F

Now we are mature

CHORUS:

C F

And, those were days of roses

C F

Poetry and prose

Am C F

And Martha, all I had was you

D G7 C

And all you had was me

And there was no tomorrows

C F

As we packed away our sorrows

G7 Dm C G C G Am G F

And we saved it for a rainy day

C G C G

And I was always so impulsive

Am G7 F

I guess that I still am

C G C G6

But all that really mattered then

Am G F

Was that I was a man

C A7 Dm G

I guess that our being together

C A Dm G

Was never meant to be

C A7 Dm G

Oh, but Martha, Oh Martha

Am G F

I love you, can't you see

CHORUS:

C F

And, those were days of roses

C F

Poetry and prose

Am C F

And Martha, all I had was you

D G7 C

And all you had was me

And there was no tomorrows

C F

As we packed away our sorrows

G7 Dm C G C G Am G F

And we saved it for a rainy day

OUTRO: (## slow to end ##)

C G C G6

And I remember quiet evenings

Am G F

Trembling close to you

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