Black Coffee Ella Fitzgerald
Black Coffee ? Ella Fitgerald
Intro: C Gm C Gm and so on....
Verse 1:
[C]I?m feelin[Gm]g mighty lonesome
[C]Haven?t sl[Gm]ept a wink
[C]I walk the[Gm] floor & watch the door
[C]And in bet[Gm]ween I drink
[Cm]Black cof[F]fee
[Cm]Love?s han[F]d-me-d[C]own [Gm]brew[C] [Gm]
[Dm]Well, I?l[C]l never know a Sunday
[F]In this wee[G]kday rul[C]e[Gm] [C] [Gm]
Verse 2:
[C]I?m talkin[Gm]g to the shadows
[C]One o?cloc[Gm]k to four
[C]And oh how [Gm]slow the moments go
[C]When all I [Gm]do is pour
[Cm]Black coff[F]ee
[Cm]Since the [F]blues [C]caug[Gm]ht my [C]eye[Gm]
[Dm]Well I?m [C]hanging out on Monday
[F]My Sunday d[G]reams to[C] dry[Gm] [C] [Gm]
Bridge:
[F]Well, a man[Cm] is born to go on lovin?
[Fm]A woman?s [C]born to weep & fret
[Em]To stay ho[Gm]me & tend her lovin?
[F#]And drown her past regrets
[F]In coffee & cigarettes
Verse 3:
[C]Alone all [Gm]the morning
[C]Mourning a[Gm]ll the night
[C]And, in be[Gm]tween, it?s nicotine
[C]And not mu[Gm]ch heart to fight
[Cm]Black coff[F]ee
[Cm]Feeling lo[F]w as [C]the [Gm]ground[C] [Gm]
[Dm]It?s drivi[C]n? me crazy, this waiting for my baby
[F]To maybe c[G]ome a[C]round[Gm] [C] [Gm]
(repeat Bridge & Verse 3)
Outro:
[Dm]My nerves have gone to pieces
[Cm]My hair is turning gray
[F]All I do is drink black coffee
[G]Since my man?s gone away?..
C Gm C Gm (instrumental, fade out)
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