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Black Flag -- "Black Coffee"

Transcribed 2007/01/10, updated 2008/12/10
pigmartian at google's mail service

INTRO:

	[Riff 1]
	(4/4)                                               (2/4)
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|2-2---2-7---5---|2-2---2-7---5---|2-2---2-7---5---|--------|
	|0-0-3-0-5---3---|0-0-3-0-5---3---|0-0-3-0-5---3---|7-5-3---|


	Riff 2:
	(4/4)
	 E                G                A                Gb
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
	|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


	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
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------4-2-----|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|
	|7--7--7-7-7-----|5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|9--9--9-9-9-----|4-------------4-|
	|5--5--5-5-5-----|3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|7--7--7-7-7-----|2---------------|
	
	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)

	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|2--2--2-2-2-----|5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|----------------|----------------|
	|0--0--0-0-0-----|3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|----------------|----------------|
	 Anger and        /coffee          /feeling         /mean


CHORUS:

	[Riff 1b] (repeat 3x)
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
	|2-2-5---7---5---|2-2-5---7---5---|2-2-5---7---5---|--------|
	|0-0-3---5---3---|0-0-3---5---3---|0-0-3---5---3---|7-5-3---|
	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:

	|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 	|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
	|0---------------|3---------------|0---------------|



SOLO: (@2:38 -- sorry, still a work in progress)