Martha
(Paul Kantner)

THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
from After Bathing At Baxter's, 1967

Am: x02210  Bm/A: x03320

Intro:
{Am / / / Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
 / / /}

Verse 1:
(fingerpicked)
AmAm Piano Chord 
              Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
          AmAm Piano Chord 

Martha she listens for the ticking of my footsteps,
Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
        AmAm Piano Chord 
  Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 

patiently
AmAm Piano Chord 
              Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 

She sifts the hairy air that's warm and woodswept,
Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
         AmAm Piano Chord 
  Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 

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')

BbBb Piano Chord 
              AbAb Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
     EbEb Piano Chord 
        BbBb Piano Chord 
 / / / EbEb Piano Chord 
 / AbAb Piano Chord 
 /
She does as she pleases, she waits there for me
BbBb Piano Chord 
              AbAb Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
     BbBb Piano Chord 
       AmAm Piano Chord 
 / / / Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
 / / /
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
AmAm Piano Chord 

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

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Does anyone know the words to that last line of the second verse?
I would appreciate feedback.

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submitted by Hirsch Freeman
transcribed by Shawn Trotter
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