Chords with lyrics
♫ Intro:
C G7 C G7 Am G F C G7 C G7 Am G F
A|:--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|:------------0-0h1--0------|-------------0-0h1---0-----|
C|:-0------0---------2-0-0h2-|-0------0----------2---2-0-|
G|:--4-2-0--4-2--------------|--4-2-0---4-2--------------|
♫ Verse 1:
C G7 C G7 Am G F
Operator, number please, it's been so many years
C G7 C G7 Am G F
She’ll remember my old voice
while I fight the tears?
C A Dm G7 C A Dm
It’s been twenty years or more now
Martha please recall
C A Dm G7 Am G F F7
And meet me out for coffee, where we’ll talk about it all
♫ Chorus:
C F C F
Those were days of roses
of poetry and prose
C F Dm F C
And Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me
C F C F
There was no tomorrow
we packed away all our sorrows
C Dm F C
And we saved them for a rainy day
Middle eight:
C G7 C G7 Am G F C G7 C G7 Am G F
A|:--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|:------------0-0h1--0------|-------------0-0h1---0-----|
C|:-0------0---------2-0-0h2-|-0------0----------2---2-0-|
G|:--4-2-0--4-2--------------|--4-2-0---4-2--------------|
♫ Verse 2:
C G7 C G7 Am G F
I feel so much older now, oh and you're much older too
C G7 C G7
How's the husband
how's the kids?
Am G F
You know that I got married too
C A Dm G7 C A Dm
Guess that our being together
was never meant to be
C A Dm G7 Am G F F7
But Martha
Martha
I loved you can’t you see
♫ Chorus:
C F C F
Those were days of roses
of poetry and prose
C F Dm F C
And Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me
C F C F
There was no tomorrow
we packed away all our sorrows
C Dm F C
And we saved them for a rainy day
C F C F
Those were days of roses
poetry and prose
C F Dm F C
And Martha, all I had was you, and all you had was me