Intro: E B C#m B  x2 


verse 1: 
E        B 
  me and martha plimpton 
C#m      B 
   in an elevator 
G#m           A 
   her golden labrador 
E           B 
  kissed my index finger 
E            B 
  two in the morning 
C#m       B 
   summer saturated 
G#m         A 
   i'd been drinking 
   E          B 
and it'd been raining 




[Refrão]
C#m                B 
   and it felt so strange 
cuz i didn't know what 
   C#m 
to say and when she 
 E       B       A  C#m B 
smiled i turned away 


verse 2: 
E               B 
  but that's so like me 
C#m           B 
   timid self conscious 
         G#m 
crippling   she seemed 
   A 
so friendly and  
E 
  i must have seemed 
B 
seem uninteresting 
E             B 
  soaked from walking 
   C#m 
and   smelled like 
B              G#m 
boozed and cigarettes 
              A 
i stood there listening 
E               B 
  to hear light breathing 



[Refrão]
C#m                B 
   and i wanted to say 
that i really loved 
    C#m 
her films and i wanted 
            E 
to make her laugh and 
 B           A         C#m B 
smile but i stood still 


Interlude: 
E/G# A E   x3 
E/G# A E B  


Bridge: 
E/G#             A 
    i managed to mutter 
E    E/G#         A 
hello    her eyes shining 
       E        B 
in the fancy elevator 
      E/G# 
lights    i stood 
A               E 
awkwardly hands fluttering 
E/G#          A 
    the doors parted and 
    E 
she said goodnight to me 


Chorus 3: 
C#m 
   and her voice 
           B 
was like a song  
that wouldn't 
         C#m 
leave my head 
              E 
and i thought martha 
    B          A    B 
i'm running on empty 
C#m 
   and i couldn't help 
    B 
but think i'd missed 
                  C#m 
another chance to live 
but isn't that the 
E      B      A B 
way it always is 
E      B      A B 
way it always is 
   E B A 
whoa 
   E B A E B A C#m B E B A C#m B 
whoa 

E B A C#m B E B A B E(hold)