"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