Black Coffee – Ella Fitgerald
{Chords by Joan’s Genius 2000}
Intro: and so on....
Verse 1:
I’m feeling mighty lonesome
Haven’t slept a wink
I walk the floor & watch the door
And in between I drink
Black coffee
Love’s hand-me-down brew
Well, I’ll never know a Sunday
In this weekday rule
Verse 2:
I’m talking to the shadows
One o’clock to four
And oh how slow the moments go
When all I do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
Well I’m hanging out on Monday
My Sunday dreams to dry
Bridge:
Well, a man is born to go on lovin’
A woman’s born to weep & fret
To stay home & tend her lovin’
And drown her past regrets
In coffee & cigarettes
Verse 3:
Alone all the morning
Mourning all the night
And, in between, it’s nicotine
And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feeling low as the ground
It’s drivin’ me crazy, this waiting for my baby
To maybe come around
(repeat Bridge & Verse 3)
Outro:
My nerves have gone to pieces
My hair is turning gray
All I do is drink black coffee
Since my man’s gone away…..
(instrumental, fade out)