Martha Ellen Jenkins chords by Marty Robbins

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (D major) Martha Ellen Jenkins,
how long have I chased
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The boys away  (E minor) from you  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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It  (E minor) seems like it was  (A major) yesterday I turned
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 (E minor) Bill Johnson's  (A major) green
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eyes black  (D major) and blue
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 (A minor) That was back in Gram (D major) mar School,
already
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 (A minor) You had won  (D major) my heart  (G major) away  (G minor) 
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 (E minor) Martha Ellen Jen (A major) kins, I  (E minor) even loved you
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 (A major) In the second  (D major) grade

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Verse 2
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 (D major) Martha Ellen Jenkins,
I remember every time
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You broke  (E minor) my heart  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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The eighth  (E minor) grade it was  (A major) Tommy Joe
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 (E minor) Tommy, he was  (A major) trouble from the  (D major) start
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I  (A minor) met  him in the school (D major) yard
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one  (A minor) afternoon
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When everyone  (D major) was  (G major) gone  (C major) 
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 (E minor) Martha Ellen Jen (A major) kins, Tommy  (E minor) didn't
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Stay  (A major) around too  (D major) long  (B major) 

Verse 3
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 (E major) Martha Ellen Jenkins,
how long have the boys
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Been makin'  (F sharp minor) eyes  at you  (B major)  (F sharp minor)  (B major) 
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You've  (F sharp minor) always been a  (B major) pretty one
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 (F sharp minor) You'd be any fel (B major) la's
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gream (E major) come true
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 (B minor) All  the way through  (E major) high school it  (B minor) tore
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Me up to watch  (E major) them as
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 (A major) they stared  (D major) 
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Martha  (F sharp minor) Ellen Jen (B major) kins, at times  (F sharp minor) 
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You didn't  (B major) no tice I was  (E major) there  (C major) 

Verse 4
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 (F major) Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have
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I waited for the  (G minor) day  to come  (C major)  (G minor)  (C major) 
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Ever  (G minor) since the second  (C major) grade I prayed
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 (G minor) That I would be  (C major) the luck (F major) y one
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 (C minor) Now  you're walkin'  (F major) down the aisle
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 (C minor) Just the way I al (F major) ways
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dreamed  (B flat major) you   (E flat major) would
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Martha  (G minor) Ellen  (C major) Jenkins,
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 (G minor) now  I've chased
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The boys  (C major) away for  (F major) good
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 (G minor) Martha Ellen  (C major) Jenkins,  (G minor) now  I've chased
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The  (C major) boys away for  (F major) good