Capo 1
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/ Bm - A - / G - - - / (x2)
Verse:
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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 old Tom Frost,
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And I am calling long distance, don't worry 'bout the cost.
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'Cause it's been forty years or more, now Martha please recall,
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Meet me out for coffee, where we'll talk about it all.
Chorus:
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And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose and Martha
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All I had was you and all you had was me.
D G D G
There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day.
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/ Bm - A - / G - - - /
Verse:
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And I feel so much older now, and you're much older too,
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How's your husband? And how's the 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.
Chorus:
D G D G
And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose and Martha
Bm G Em A D
All I had was you and all you had was me.
D G D G
There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows
Bm G Em A D
And we saved them for a rainy day.
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/ Bm - A - / G - - - / (x2)
Verse:
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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 being together was never meant to be.
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And Martha, Martha, I love you can't you see?
Chorus:
D G D G
And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose and Martha
Bm G Em A D
All I had was you and all you had was me.
D G D G
There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows
Bm G Em A D
And we saved them for a rainy day.
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/ Bm - A - / G - - - /
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And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you.