Black Coffee - Ella Fitzgerald
(Chords by Joan's Genius 2000)
Intro: [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm] and so on....
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
[Cm] [F]
Black coffee
[Cm] [F] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm]
Love's hand-me-down brew
[Dm] [C]
Well, I'll never know a Sunday
[F] [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
[Cm] [F]
Black coffee
[Cm] [F] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm]
Since the blues caught my eye
[Dm] [C]
Well I'm hanging out on Monday
[F] [G] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm]
My Sunday dreams to dry
Bridge:
[F] [Cm]
Well, a man is born to go on lovin'
[Fm] [C]
A woman's born to weep & fret
[Em] [Gm]
To stay home & tend her lovin'
[F#]
And drown her past regrets
[F]
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
[Cm] [F]
Black coffee
[Cm] [F] [C] [Gm] [C]
Feeling low as the ground
[Gm] [Dm] [C]
It's drivin' me crazy, this waiting for my baby
[F] [G] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm]
To maybe come around
(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)
