Martha Chords & Lyrics - Meat Loaf

CAPO: 3rd Fret

INTRO: [C] [G] [C] [G] [Am] [G] [F] (2x)

[C]Ope[G]rator, [C]number [G]please
It's [Am]been so [G7]many [F]years
And [C]she'll re[G]member [C]my old [G]voice
While [Am]I hold [G]back the [F]tears [C]

Hello, hel[A7]lo there,[Dm] is this [G]Martha?
[C]This is [A]old Tom [Dm]Frost [G]
And [C]I am [A7]calling [Dm]long dis[G]tance
Don't [Am]worry a[G]bout the [F]cost

[C]It's been [A7]forty [Dm]years or [G]more
Now [C]Martha, [A]please re[Dm]call [G]
[C]Meet me [A7]out for [Dm]coffee [G]where
We'll [Am]talk a[G]bout it [F]all

[CHORUS]
And, [C]those were days of [F]roses
[C]Poetry and [F]prose
And Martha, [Am]all I [C]had was [F]you
And all you [D]had [G7]was [C]me
And there was no to[F]morrows
As we [C]packed away our [F]sorrows
And we saved it [G7]for a [Dm]rainy [C]day [G] [C] [G] [Am] [G] [F]

And [C]I feel [G]so much [C]older [G6]now
And [Am]you're much [G7]older [F]too
Oh, [C]how's the [G]husband and [C]how's the [G6]kids?
You know that [Am]I got [G]married [F]too?

And [C]lucky [A7]that ya [Dm]found some[G]one
To [C]make you [A]feel se[Dm]cure [G]
Oh, 'cause [C]we were [A7]all so [Dm]young and [G]foolish
[Am]Now we [G]are ma[F]ture

[CHORUS]
And, [C]those were days of [F]roses
[C]Poetry and [F]prose
And Martha, [Am]all I [C]had was [F]you
And all you [D]had [G7]was [C]me
And there was no to[F]morrows
As we [C]packed away our [F]sorrows
And we saved it [G7]for a [Dm]rainy [C]day [G] [C] [G] [Am] [G] [F]

And [C]I was a[G]lways [C]so im[G]pulsive
I [Am]guess that [G7]I still [F]am
But [C]all that [G]really [C]mattered [G6]then
Was [Am]that I [G]was a [F]man

I [C]guess that [A7]our [Dm]being to[G]gether
Was [C]never [A]meant to [Dm]be [G]
Oh, but [C]Martha,[A7] Oh[Dm] Martha [G]
I [Am]love you, [G]can't you [F]see

[CHORUS]
And, [C]those were days of [F]roses
[C]Poetry and [F]prose
And Martha, [Am]all I [C]had was [F]you
And all you [D]had [G7]was [C]me
And there was no to[F]morrows
As we [C]packed away our [F]sorrows
And we saved it [G7]for a [Dm]rainy [C]day [G] [C] [G] [Am] [G] [F]

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And [C]I re[G]member [C]quiet [G6]evenings
[Am]Trembling [G]close to [F]you