Black Coffee Black Flag
Black Flag -- "Black Coffee"
Transcribed 2007/01/10, updated 2008/12/10
INTRO:
(Riff 1)
[(4/4)] [(2/4)]
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Riff 2:
[(4/4)]
[E] [G] [A] [Gb]
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Riff 3: (different fill each time)
[E]
|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|---3^4~~~~~~~~~~| |----------------|----------------|----------------| |----1-------0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------| |3-3-----2-2-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|
VERSE (1st, 2nd and 4th times):
--- THIRD VERSE: SOLO OVER BASS RIFF 4 & 4B ----
Riff 4 (verse) -- repeat 3x
[A] [G] [B] [Gb]
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1a) Who are you /with /where have you /been
1b) Imagination turns /thoughts, /reason can't /change
1c) Staring at the /walls, /think I know what I /see
2a) My heart is /pounding /as stare at the /wall
2b) Its my turn to be /jealous /now I don't stand SO /TALL
2c) In fact I'm pretty /stupid /I'm feeling /small
4a) If the night goes /on /paranoia /adultery
4b) Why should I be so /stupid /when I can't really /see
4c) The other side of the /wall /is eating away at /me
Riff 4b
E G (fill)
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Anger and /coffee /feeling /mean
CHORUS:
(Riff 1b) (repeat 3x)
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1. Drinking black coffee/ black coffee /drinking black coffee /staring at the wall
2. Black coffee /black coffee /black coffee /staring at the wall
3. Black coffee /drinking black coffee /drinking black coffee /staring at the...
(Riff 5)
A A A (scratches)
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|----------------| |7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|----------------| |5---5-5-5-5----x|5---5-5-5-5----x|5---5-5-5-5----x|----------------|
Stab through my heart /stab through my heart /stab through my heart/ But its all in my
(Riff 6) (repeat 3x)
[G] [Gb] [F] [E]
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-------5--------|-------4--------|--------3-------|--------2-------| |-------5--------|-------4--------|--------3-------|--------2-------| |5---5-----------|4---4-----------|3----3----------|2----2----------| |3---------------|2---------------|1---------------|0----------3-2-1|
1. mind /mind /mind /mind. Just in my
2. mind /mind /mind /mind. Its just in my
mind, yeaaaaaaaaa
-- RETURN TO INTRO 4X
-- LAST TIME:
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SOLO: (@2:38 -- sorry, still a work in progress)
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