Martha Acordes

Tom Waits - Martha
Closing Time (1973)
Original in D#, so when played in C: Capo 3
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Operator, number please, it's been so many years
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Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears
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Hello, hello there, is this Martha? This is ol' Tom Frost
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And I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost
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'cause it's been fourty years or more now, Martha, please recall
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And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all
 
 
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And those were days of roses,   of poetry and prose
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And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me
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There was no tomorrows,   we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day
 
 
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And I feel so much older now, you're much older too
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How's your husband, and how's your kids? You know that I got married, too
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   Lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure
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'cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature
 
 
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And those were days of roses,   of poetry and prose
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And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me
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There was no tomorrows,   we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day
 
 
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And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am
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   And all that really mattered then was that I-- was a man
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I guess that our bein' together was never meant to be
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Martha,    Martha,    I love you, can't you see
 
 
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And those were days of roses,   of poetry and prose
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And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me
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There was no tomorrows,   we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day
 
 
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And I remember quiet evenings, trembling close to you
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