Black Coffee (1949-04-28) chords by Ella Fitzgerald

SimplifiedC · Csus2 · Gm · G · Bb …

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C
Csus2
Gm
G
Bb
F
Dm
Em
A
Db
Cm
F#dim
Fm
Am
Ebm
Ab
Bbm
Eb
Gaug
Csus4
Gsus4

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I'm
Gm 
G 
feeling mighty  (G minor) lone  (G major) some
C 
Gm 
 (C major) Haven't slept  (G minor) a wink
G 
C 
Gm 
 (G major) I walk the  (C major) floor  (G minor) and  watch the door
G 
Bb 
F 
 (G major) And in  (B flat major) between  (F major) I drink
Black coffee
C 
Dm 
Em 
A 
Love's a hand me down  (C major) brew  (D minor)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Dm 
Em 
F 
Dm 
I'll  (D minor) never  (E minor) know a Sunday  (F major)  (D minor) 
G 
C 
In this  (G major) weekday  (C major) room
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) 

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Verse 2
Db 
 (D flat major) 
C 
Gm 
I'm  (C major) talking to the  (G minor) shad ows
G 
C 
Gm 
 (G major) From  (C major) 1 o'clock til  (G minor) 4
C 
And  (C major) lord,
G 
Gm 
how slow  (G major) the moments go  (G minor) 
Cm 
Bb 
F 
 (C minor) When all I  (B flat major) do   is  (F major) pour
C 
F 
 (C major) Black  (F major) coffee
C 
Dm 
Em 
A 
Since the blues caught  (C major)  (D minor) my    (E minor) eye  (A major) 
Dm 
Em 
I'm  (D minor) hanging out on  (E minor) Monday
Dm 
G 
Cm 
 (D minor) My Sunday  (G major) dreams to  (C minor) 
dry
Dm 
C 
F 
 (D minor)  (C major)  (F major) 

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) 
F#dim 
Fm 
Cm 
 (F sharpdim) Now      a  (F minor) man  is born to go a  (C minor) lovin'
Fm 
G 
A  (F minor) woman's born to  (G major) weep
C 
Em 
Am 
an (C major) d fret  (E minor)  (A minor) 
Ebm 
Ab 
To  (E flat minor) stay  at home  (A flat major) and
Db 
Bbm 
tend her  (D flat major) oven  (B flat minor) 
Ebm 
Ab 
And  (E flat minor) drown her past re (A flat major) grets
Dm 
G 
In  (D minor) coffee and ci (G major) garettes

Verse 4
C 
Gm 
G 
 (C major) I'm moaning  (G minor) all  the morn (G major) ing
C 
Eb 
Gaug 
And  (C major) mourning all the  (E flat major) night  (Gaug) 
C 
Eb 
 (C major) And  in between it's  (E flat major) nicotine
C 
Bb 
F 
G 
And  (C major) not much  (B flat major) heart  (F major) to fight (G major) 
F 
 (F major) Black coffee
C 
Csus4 
Dm 
Feelin' low as  (C major)  (Csus4) the ground  (D minor) 
Em 
A 
Dm 
 (E minor) It's driving me  (A major) crazy just  (D minor) waiting
Em 
F 
F#dim 
 (E minor) for  my  (F major) baby  (F sharpdim) 
Gsus4 
G 
 (Gsus4) To maybe  (G major) come
C 
 (C major) around... around
G 
I'm waiting for  (G major) my baby
C 
G 
To  (C major) maybe come around  (G major) 

Verse 5
Dm 
 (D minor) My nerves have gone to pieces
Db 
C 
 (D flat major) My hair is turning gray  (C major) 
Cm 
 (C minor) All  I do is drink black coffee
Fm 
 (F minor) Since my man's gone away
C 
 (C major) 