INTRO: C G C G Am G F  (2x) 
 
C  G      C      G
Operator, number please
     Am      G7   F
It's been so many years
    C        G      C      G
And she'll remember my old voice
      Am     G        F      C
While I hold back the tears
 
 
          A7       Dm       G
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
C       A       Dm     G
This is old Tom Frost
    C    A7      Dm      G 
And I am calling long distance
      Am     G        F
Don't worry about the cost
 
 
C         A7    Dm       G
It's been forty years or more
    C       A        Dm   G
Now Martha, please recall
C       A7      Dm     G
Meet me out for coffee where
      Am    G       F
We'll talk about it all
 
 
CHORUS:
     C                  F
And, those were days of roses
C          F
Poetry and prose
            Am    C       F
And Martha, all I had was you
            D   G7  C
And all you had was me
                   F
And there was no tomorrows
      C               F
As we packed away our sorrows
                G7    Dm    C    G C G Am G F
And we saved it for a rainy day
 
 
    C      G       C     G6
And I feel so much older now
    Am          G7    F
And you're much older too
    C         G           C         G6
Oh, how's the husband and how's the kids?
              Am    G       F
You know that I got married too?
 
 
    C     A7      Dm        G
And lucky that ya found someone
   C        A      Dm    G
To make you feel secure
           C       A7     Dm        G
Oh, 'cause we were all so young and foolish
Am     G     F
Now we are mature
 
 
CHORUS:
     C                  F
And, those were days of roses
C          F
Poetry and prose
            Am    C       F
And Martha, all I had was you
            D   G7  C
And all you had was me
                   F
And there was no tomorrows
      C               F
As we packed away our sorrows
                G7    Dm    C    G C G Am G F
And we saved it for a rainy day
 
 
    C      G     C    G
And I was always so impulsive
  Am         G7      F
I guess that I still am
    C        G      C        G6
But all that really mattered then
    Am     G     F
Was that I was a man
 
 
  C          A7  Dm      G
I guess that our being together
    C     A        Dm    G
Was never meant to be
        C      A7  Dm       G
Oh, but Martha,  Oh Martha
  Am        G         F
I love you, can't you see
 
 
CHORUS:
     C                  F
And, those were days of roses
C          F
Poetry and prose
            Am    C       F
And Martha, all I had was you
            D   G7  C
And all you had was me
                   F
And there was no tomorrows
      C               F
As we packed away our sorrows
                G7    Dm    C    G C G Am G F
And we saved it for a rainy day
 
 
OUTRO:     (## slow to end ##)
    C   G      C     G6
And I remember quiet evenings
Am        G        F
Trembling close to you