Martha Chords

KeyC Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays625

Martha by Meat Loaf is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Am, F, G7, A7, Dm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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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:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante