Martha

[Intro] Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab [Verse 1] Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Operator, number please, it's been so many years Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears? Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Hello, hello there, is this Martha? This is old Tom Frost Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab And I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Eb C7 Fm Bb7 'Cause it's been fourty years or more now, Martha, please recall Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all, and [Chorus] Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb Those were days of roses, of poetry and prose Ab/Eb Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab/G Fm Bb Eb Ab And Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb There was no tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows Ab/Eb Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab/Bb Eb Ab/Eb Eb And we saved them for a rainy day Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab [Verse 2] Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab And I feel so much older now, you're much older too Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab How's your husband, and how's your kids? You know that I got married too Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab 'Cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature, and [Chorus] Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb Those were days of roses, of poetry and prose Ab/Eb Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab/G Fm Bb Eb Ab And Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb There was no tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows Ab/Eb Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab/Bb Eb Ab/Eb Eb And we saved them for a rainy day Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab [Verse 3] Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab And all that really mattered then was that I-- was a man Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Eb C7 Fm Bb7 I guess that our being together was never meant to be Eb C7 Fm Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see? And [Chorus] Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb Those were days of roses, of poetry and prose Ab/Eb Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab/G Fm Bb Eb Ab And Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb There was no tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows Ab/Eb Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab/Bb Eb Ab/Eb Eb And we saved them for a rainy day Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab Ab [Outro] Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Cm Bb Ab And I remember quiet evenings, trembling close to you