Standard (EADGBE)

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...