Black Coffee Chords

Black Coffee – Ella Fitgerald
{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   Gm
Feeling low as the ground
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)