Coffee Blues chords by Lightnin' Hopkins

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Mama got mad at papa 'cause
he didn't bring no coffee home
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Mama  (A major) got mad at papa  (A major)  (A major) 'cause
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 (D major) he didn't bring  (G major) no coffee  (D major) home  (A major)  (D major) 
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She begin to  (A major) wonder what is
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 (D major) going on wrong  (A major) 
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 (D major) Papa said, "Mama, I ain't mad with you,
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now, don't  (A major)  (D major) you get mad with me  (A major) 
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 (G major) Baby, I ain't  (D major) mad with you, now,  (A major) 
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 (D major) don't  (A major)  (D major) you get mad with me"
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Papa must have been teasing mama 'cause  (E flat major) she said,
"I ain't mad with you"
Papa must have been teasing mama 'cause she said, "I
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 (D major) ain't  (A major) mad with you"
She said, "Everything's all right; don't make no
difference what you do"
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(Spoken: You know papa got good with  (D major) 
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 (A major) mama  (D major) somehow)
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And I was crying for  (A major) bread, and yes,
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 (A major) I,
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baby,  (A major) I was cry (D major) ing for bread; and these  (A major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) are the words I said
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(Spoken: Now look at  (E flat major) mama, just
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 (D major) trying to shout)
It was early one evening but papa
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came  (A major) home late at night
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It was early one  (G major) evening but  (D major) papa
came home late at night
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That's when mama was mad and  (A major) her
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and papa  (G major) began  (A major) to  (A major)  (G major) fight (D major) 