Martha (from closing time)
D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G  D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G
D      A7    D           A7            Bm         A        G         
operator, number please, it's been so many years
D           A7         D         A7               A           G
she'll remember my old voice while i fight the tears
D        B7            Em       A7        D        B7      Em      A7
hello hello there is this martha this is old tom frost
D       B7      Em    A7                  Bm     A           G
i am calling long distance don't worry 'bout the cost
D             B7           Em          A7           D          B7     Em      A7
it's been fourteen years or more now martha please recall
         D            B7       Em        A            Bm      A      G  
and meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all

D                                     G            D              G
and those were days of roses of poetry and prose
                   Bm                  G                      Em   A   D        G
and martha all i had was you and all you had was me
D                      G                  D                       G
there was no tomorrow we packed away our sorrows
             Bm                      G   A    D       G  D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G
and we saved them for a rainy day

i feel so much older now you're so much older too
how's the husband, how's the kids
you know that i got married too
lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure
we were all so young and foolish now we are mature

and those were...

i was always so impulsive guess that i still am
all that really mattered then was that i was a man
guess that our bein' together wasn't meant to be
martha martha i love you can't you see

and those were...

i remember quiet evenings trembling close to you

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