Martha

Intro: 
{Am / / / Bm/A / / /} 
 
Verse 1: 
(fingerpicked) 
Am Bm/A Am 
Martha she listens for the ticking of my footsteps, 
Bm/A Am Bm/A 
patiently 
Am Bm/A Am 
She sifts the hairy air that‘s warm and woodswept, 
Bm/A Am Bm/A 
pleasantly 
 
Bb Ab C Bb Am / / / Bm/A / / / (repeat) 
She does as she pleases, she listens for me 
 
Verse 2: 
 
Martha she calls to me from a feather in the meadow, fly to me 
You can dance and sing and walk with me, 
and dreams will fade and shadows grow (??, something that 
rhymes with ‘me‘) 
 
Bb Ab F Eb Bb / / / Eb / Ab / 
She does as she pleases, she waits there for me 
Bb Ab C Bb Am / / / Bm/A / / / 
She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me 
 
(guitar solo over {Am / / / Bm/A / / /} repeated) 
 
Verse 3: 
 
My love she talks to waking windows as she murmurs to her feet, 
thoughtfully 
She separates in laughter to her side, caught for me 
 
She does as she pleases, she waits there for me 
She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me 
 
Verse 4: 
 
Martha she keeps her heart in a broken clock, and it‘s waiting 
there for me 
She weaves apart through a token lock, what a great thing to be free 
Am 
She weeps, tired and starts unspoken, but when the gate swings, 
There she‘ll be 
There she‘ll be 
 
(no accompaniment) 
In green sun 
On blue earth 
Under warm running shower