Everybody Loves Martha
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: School for the Dead - The Chain CD


[Verse 1] 
    G           G/F#      G/E         G/B    Am  Am/B C C/B C  
The door swings open and you’ll never be the same.
D        D/C   D/B            D/A      G
A vision of perfection surely can’t be named.
          G       G/F#       G/E         G/B   Am  Am/B C C/B C  
She’s the kind of girl you’d think you’d never know,
D             D/C     D/B         D/A  G
Until she walks over, smiles, and says hello.
D                  D/C     D/B         D/A      G
Yeah, she just walks over, smiles, and says hello.


[Verse 1]
       G       G/F# G/E       G/B      Am  Am/B C C/B C   
It’s unbearable how beautiful life can be,
D        D/C              D/B    D/A      G
When you squander so much time indifferently.
G     G/F#  G/E          G/B         Am  Am/B C C/B C  
Maybe she reminds you of what you’ve wanted.
D      D/C   D/B          D/A         G
Maybe she defined you and now you’re haunted.
D        D/C   D/B      D/A       G
Maybe she’s inclined to leave you haunted.
 

[Chorus]
G               Cmaj7
Everybody loves Martha.
Cmaj7           G
Everybody loves Martha.
G         Am7              D9                 G
Everybody knows it’s true, Martha, except for you.
G               Cmaj7
Everybody loves Martha.
Cmaj7           G
Everybody loves Martha.
G         Am7              D9                 G
Everybody knows it’s true, Martha, except for you.
 

[Verse 3]
     G       G/F#  G/E          G/B          Am  Am/B C C/B C  
From bows to shiny boots to the hands of the free,
D     D/C  D/B            D/A   G
Martha, my dear, she’s an epiphany.
    G          G/F#         G/E              G/B    Am  Am/B C C/B C  
The minute you meet her you feel like you’ve always known her.
D        D/C        D/B     D/A             G
The minute that she leaves, you’re a heart donor.
 
[Chorus]
G               Cmaj7
Everybody loves Martha.
Cmaj7           G
Everybody loves Martha.
G         Am7              D9                 G
Everybody knows it’s true, Martha, except for you.
G               Cmaj7
Everybody loves Martha.
Cmaj7           G
Everybody loves Martha.
G         Am7              D9                 G
Everybody knows it’s true, Martha, except for you.


[Bridge]
G      Bm              C                    Am                  G
On her wedding day the clouds rolled in and all our hearts were sobbing.
    Bm                      C               Am                   G
You try to stand out in the crowd again but all your friends are mobbing her.
       Bm                       C
You’re glad for her, but you’re mad for her,
   Am                 D
At least you actually met her.
D               D7
You’ll never forget her.

 
[Chorus]
G               Cmaj7
Everybody loves Martha.
Cmaj7           G
Everybody loves Martha.
G         Am7              D9                 G
Everybody knows it’s true, Martha, except for you.
G               Cmaj7
Everybody loves Martha.
Cmaj7           G
Everybody loves Martha.
G         Am7              D9                 G
Everybody knows it’s true, Martha, except for you.