Black

Coffee Paul Francis Webster and Sonny Burke

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  44 
 = 80

       
    
F  (  ) F♯ ()

 
I'm Fell in' might y lone some have n't slept a wink, I

          
    
F (  ) F♯ ()  F  (  ) B B♭

 

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walk the floor and watch the door and in be tween I drink black cof fee

           
     
B♭ F () F♯ ()    
F (  ) D (  ) G

  
3

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Love's a hand me down broom I'm nev er know a sun day

   
            
C  F F♯ 
F (  )  F♯ ()

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in this week day room I'm talk in' to the shad ows

      
             
F (  ) F♯ ()  F  (  ) F♯ () 
F (  ) B 
 
One o' clock to four and Lord how slow the mo ments go when all I do is pour black

           
B♭ B♭ F () F♯ () F () D ()   
   
3

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cof ffee 3
Since the blues caught my eye I'm

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          
         
G C  F F♯ F B ()

      
hang in' out on Mon day my sun day dreams to dry Now a

        
  
  
B♭ D♯ F 
G ( ) C  (    ) F

 

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man is born to go a lov in', A wo man born to wreep and fret To

        
         
G♯ C♯ F♯ D♯ G♯ C♯

 
stay at home and tend her ov en and drown her past re grets in
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                   
G C F  (  ) F♯ ()

3
   
cof fee and cig a rettes I'm moan in' all the morn in' and mourn in' all the night and

            
    
F  (  ) B B♭

in bet ween it's nic o tine and not much heart to fight, black cof fee

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                      
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F G A D  (    ) G

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3 3

3 in' low as the

Fell ground. It's driv in' me cra zy this wait in' for my ba by

           
C  F  (  ) F♯ () F  (  ) ( F♯ () )

to may be come a round.