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Black Coffee by Ella Fitzgerald - Guitar Chords

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            Intro
C  Gm  C Gm ...


Verse 1
    C              Gm
I'm feeling mighty lonesome
C                Gm
Haven't slept a wink
  C                Gm
I walk the floor & watch the door
    C            Gm
And in between I drink
F7
Black coffee
F7                      C       Dm      Em      Bb  F
Love's a hand-me-down brew
            Gm            D9
Well, I'll never know a Sunday
F7        G      C    Gm   C   Gm
In this weekday rule


Verse 2
   C              Gm
I'm talking to the shadows
   C              Gm
One o'clock to four
   C              Gm
And oh how slow the moments go
   C              Gm
When all I do is pour 
F7
Black coffee
F7                      C       Dm      Em      Bb  F
Since the blues caught my eye
            Gm            D9
Well I'm hanging out on Monday
F7        G      C    Gm   C   Gm
My Sunday dreams to dry


Bridge
        F                       Cm
Well, a man is born to go on lovin'
    Fm             Ab      C
A woman's born to weep & fret
        Ab                Fm
To stay home & tend her lovin'
           Ab
And drown her past regrets
        G
In coffee & cigarettes


Verse 3: 
   C              Gm
Alone all the morning
   C              Gm
Mourning all the night
   C              Gm
And, in between, it's nicotine
   C              Gm
And not much heart to fight
F7
Black coffee
F7                      C       Dm      Em      Bb  F
Feeling low as the ground
            Gm               D9
It's drivin' me crazy, this waiting for my baby
F7        G      C    Gm   C   Gm
To maybe come around


Bridge (Repeat):
        F                       Cm
Well, a man is born to go on lovin'
    Fm             Ab      C
A woman's born to weep & fret
        Ab                Fm
To stay home & tend her lovin'
           Ab
And drown her past regrets
     G
In coffee & cigarettes


Verse 3 (Repeat):
   C              Gm
Alone all the morning
   C              Gm
Mourning all the night
   C              Gm
And, in between, it's nicotine
   C              Gm
And not much heart to fight
F7
Black coffee
F7                      C       Dm      Em      Bb  F
Feeling low as the ground
            Gm               D9
It's drivin' me crazy, this waiting for my baby
F7        G      C    Gm   C   Gm
To maybe come around


Outro:
Am
My nerves have gone to pieces
Cm
My hair is turning grey
Cdim
All I do is drink black coffee
Ebdim     F7          Cm     
Since my man's gone away


C    Gm    C   Gm   (instrumental, fade out) 
        

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