"The Beatles" (the White Album), 1968
		Martha My Dear
!		(Lennon/McCartney)

		 Martha      my   dear  though I   spend my days in conver-sa-tion
		   C   C5      C6  C       C5  C6  Em  Em9  Dsus4       D   D5 Dsus4
		[E|-0---3-------5---0-------3---5--|-0---2---3---3---3---2----5--3--|
		B|-1---1-------1---1-------1---1--|-0-------3---3---3---3----3--3--|
		G|-0---0-------0---0-------0---0--|-0-------2---2---2---2----2--2--|
		D|-2---------------2--------------|-2------------------------------|
		A|-3---------------3--------------|-2------------------------------|
		E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|]!!
		   +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .    +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .

		  please...           be  good to   me             Martha, my love
		   D                                G5              F
		[E|-2-------------------3---2---0--|-3-------3-------1---1---1---1--|
		B|-3------------------------------|-3----------3----1---1---1---1--|
		G|-2------------------------------|-----0---------0-2---2---2---2--|
		D|-0------------------------------|-----------------3---3---3---3--|
		A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
		E|--------------------------------|-3------------------------------|]!!
		   +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .    +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .

		   don't  forget me                                    Martha, my
		   G7              F       F(add 9)   G7              F       F(add 9)
		[E|-1---1---0-------1-------3--------|-1---1---0-------1-------3--------|
		B|-0---0------3--0----1-------1-----|-0---0------3--0----1-------1-----|
		G|-0---0-----------------2-------2--|-0---0-----------------2-------2--|
		D|-0---0-----------3-------3--------|-0---0-----------3-------3--------|
		A|-2---2----------------------------|-2---2----------------------------|
		E|-3---3----------------------------|-3---3----------------------------|]!!
		   +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .      +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .

		   dear ...                          Hold your head up ....
		                                   -------
		   <G5>                              | <Bm>
		                                   |
		[E|-3---3---1--0------------0--1----|---this part I just strum the---|
		B|-3---3---------3---0--3----------|---chords as shown below--------|
		G|-2---2---------------------------|--------------------------------|
		D|-0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
		A|-2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
		E|-3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|]!!
		   +   .   +    .    +   .   +   .    +   .   +   .   +   .   +   .

		Bm                     Em          D                 D/F# D/G D/G#
		Hold your head up, you silly girl, look what you've done
		A                             Em
		When you find yourself in the thick of it,
		A                  Em             F#m        Bm
		Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you,
		Bm        Em  Em7  Em   C   Csus4  C
		You silly girl

!		(middle eight - staccato eighth feel for the chording)

		Bm                Em
		Take a good look around you
		Bm                Em                 A
		Take a good look around to see, that you and me
		G                          Bm               Em  Em7 Em   C Csus4 C
		Were meant to be with each other, you silly girl

		Hold your head up, you silly girl, see what you've done
		When you find yourself in the thick of it,
		Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you,
		You silly girl

		Martha, my dear, you have always been my inspiration
		Please, be good to me,
		Martha, my dear, don't forget me,
		Martha, my love

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!		Text:

		Martha my dear though I spend my days in conversation
		Please
		Remember me Martha my love
		Don't forget me Martha my dear

		Hold your head up you silly girl look what you've done
		When you find yourself in the thick of it
		Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you
		Silly Girl.

		Take a good look around you
		Take a good look you're bound to see
		That you and me were meant to be for each other
		Silly girl.

		Hold your hand out you silly girl see what you've done
		When you find yourself in the thick of it
		Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you
		Silly girl.

		Martha my dear you have always been my inspiration
		Please
		Be good to me Martha my love
		Don't forget me Martha my dear.