Black Coffee

Black Flag

tom:

INTRO:

        [Riff 1]
        (4/4)                                               (2/4)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
A|2-2---2-7---5---| 2-2---2-7---5---|2-2---2-7---5---|--------|
E|0-0-3-0-5---3---| 0-0-3-0-5---3---|0-0-3-0-5---3---|7-5-3---|


        Riff 2:
        (4/4)
         E                G                A                Gb
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
        |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


        Riff 3:                            (different fill each time)
                          E
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|---3^4~~~~~~~~~~|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----1-------0---| 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
E|3-3-----2-2-----| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|
                                     

VERSE (1st, 2nd and 4th times):
        --- THIRD VERSE: G  O OVER BASS RIFF 4 & 4B ----
        
        Riff 4 (verse) -- repeat 3x
         A                G                B                Gb
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------4-2-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|
A|7--7--7-7-7-----| 5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|9--9--9-9-9-----|4-------------4-|
E|5--5--5-5-5-----| 3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|7--7--7-7-7-----|2---------------|
        
        1a) Who are you   /with            /where have you  /been
        1b) Imagination turns /thoughts,   /reason can't    /change
        1c) Staring at the /walls,         /think I know what I /see

        2a) My heart is  /pounding         /as stare at the /wall
        2b) Its my turn to be /jealous     /now I don't stand SO /TALL
        2c) In fact I'm pretty /stupid     /I'm feeling     /small

        4a) If the night goes /on          /paranoia        /adultery
        4b) Why should I be so /stupid     /when I can't really /see
        4c) The other side of the /wall    /is eating away at /me


        Riff 4b
         E                G                (fill)

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        |2--2--2-2-2-----|5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|----------------|----------------|
        |0--0--0-0-0-----|3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|----------------|----------------|
         Anger and        /coffee          /feeling         /mean


CHORUS:

        [Riff 1b] (repeat 3x)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
A|2-2-5---7---5---| 2-2-5---7---5---|2-2-5---7---5---|--------|
E|0-0-3---5---3---| 0-0-3---5---3---|0-0-3---5---3---|7-5-3---|
        1. Drinking black coffee/ black coffee /drinking black coffee /staring at the wall
        2. Black coffee   /black coffee    /black coffee    /staring at the wall
        3. Black coffee   /drinking black coffee /drinking black coffee /staring at the...



        [Riff 5]                                              
         A                A                A                 (scratches)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|7---7-7-7-7----x| 7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|----------------|
A|7---7-7-7-7----x| 7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|----------------|
E|5---5-5-5-5----x| 5---5-5-5-5----x|5---5-5-5-5----x|----------------|
        Stab through my heart /stab through my heart /stab through my heart/ But its all in my



        [Riff 6] (repeat 3x)
         G                Gb               F                E
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-------5--------|-------4--------|--------3-------|--------2-------|
D|-------5--------|-------4--------|--------3-------|--------2-------|
A|5---5-----------| 4---4-----------|3----3----------|2----2----------|
E|3---------------| 2---------------|1---------------|0----------3-2-1|

        1. mind           /mind            /mind            /mind.  Just in my
        2. mind           /mind            /mind            /mind.  Its just in my
 mind, yeaaaaaaaaa


-- D TURN TO INTRO 4X

-- A ST TIME:

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| 2---------------|
E|0---------------| 3---------------|0---------------|