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Black Coffee In Bed by Squeeze
Black Coffee In Bed
Std Tuning
Main riff notes:
e:-----------------------|
B:-----------------------|
G:-----------------------|
D:-----0--0----------0-0-|
A:-0h2------2-0--0h2-----|
E:-----------------------|
Verse 1:
There's a
D Bm |G D |
stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was. And there's
D Bm |G D |
ash in the pages, now I've got myself lost. I was
D Bm |G D |
writing to tell you that my feelings tonight, are a
D Bm |G D |
stain on my notebook that rings your goodbye. Oh but...
Chorus 1:
Bm |Bm |F# |F# |
Now she's gone, (*) and I'm back on the beat. A
C#m |C#m |A |A |
stain on my note-book says nothing to me. Oh-ho, but..
D |D |G |G |
Now she's gone, (*) and I'm out with a friend (out with a...
A |A |
friend). With lips full of passion
G |G |D**
....(oooh).. and coffee ... in .. bed.
(* = background echo "Now she's gone")
(** start main riff, play x 4)
Verse 2:
D Bm G D
With the way that you left me I could hardly contain
D Bm G D
The hurt and the anger and the joy of the pain
D Bm G D
Now knowing I am single there'll be fire in my eyes
D Bm G D
And a stain on my notebook for a new love tonight
Chorus 2 (same as 1) (x1)
(Solo - sorry maybe later)
Chorus 3: (comes out of solo half way through)
D
Now she's gone (now she's gone)
G A
and I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
A G D
With lips full of passion and coffee in bed
Verse 3:
D Bm G D
From lips without passion to the lips with a kiss
D Bm G D
There's nothing of your love that I'll ever miss
D Bm G D
The stain on my notebook remains all that's left
D Bm G D
Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
D Bm G D
Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
Outro:
-Repeat Chorus 1 (and add lib parts from Verse 3) to fade.
Chords:
D - xx0232
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
F# - 244322
C#m - 466544
A - x02220
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version 2
INTRO:
[play: Guitar Figure 1] [x2]
Guitar Figure 1
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-0-------0----------------------|
|----------------------------0h2-|-------------2-----------0------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------0---0------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-h-2--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
VERSE1:
Chords:
D x57775
Bm x24432
G 355433
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
There's a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
And there's ash in the pages, now I've got myself lost
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
I was writing to tell you that my feelings tonight
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
Are a stain on my notebook that rings your goodbye.
CHORUS1:
Chords:
Bm x24432 or 799777 A x02220 or 577655
F# x44322 or 244322 D xx0232 or x57775
C#m x46654 G 320033 or 355433
Bm F#
Oh, now she's gone, and I'm back on the beat
C#m A
A stain on my notebook says nothing to me.
D G A
Oh, now she's gone and I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
(A) G D
With lips full of passion and coffee in bed
[play Guitar Figure 1] [x2]
VERSE2:
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
With the way that you left me I could hardly contain
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
The hurt and the anger and the joy of the pain
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
Now knowing I am single there'll be fire in my eyes
D Bm G D [Guitar Figure 1]
And a stain on my notebook for a new love tonight
[repeat CHORUS]
[play Guitar Figure 1] [x2]
[Guitar SOLO over: Eb F G A]
Notes:
In the F section, the [ ] is a triple hammer-on played on the second beat.
But, on the 3rd beat, you're already playing the F-note on the 3rd string.
I can't show it any other way without making it look sillier than it probably
already is.
Eb
|-------------------------2p0----|---------------------15---------|
|---------------------3-------3--|---------8---11-----------------|
|-------------2---2h4------------|-8------------------------------|
|-----0---2h4--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0h2----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
F
|-13--11--15--13--11--11p10------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------13--11-|-10-----[10h11h12h13]-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------10--9p8----10p7|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
G
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-8h10---------------------------|-------------------------7------|
|---------10--9--8----10-9-8-----|---------7---8-------10---------|
|----------------------------8h9-|-10-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
A
|--------------------------------|-----12----------------------19-|
|-----7-------8---10------12--12-h-14------10--9-------9----------|
|-9------------------------------|-----------------12-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
D
|-17------14p13-12--------12-----|--------------------------------|
|-----15----------14-15----------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
Now she's gone...
CHORUS3:
Chords:
D xx0232 or x57775 A x02220 or 577655
G 320033 or 355433 Bm x24432 or 799777
D
Now she's gone (now she's gone)
G A
and I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
(A) G D
With lips full of passion and coffee in bed
[play Guitar Figure 1] [x2]
VERSE3:
D Bm G D
From lips without passion to the lips with a kiss
D Bm G D
There's nothing of your love that I'll ever miss
D Bm G D
The stain on my notebook remains all that's left
D Bm G D
Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
D Bm G D
Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
[repeat CHORUS1 and ad lib bits from VERSE1 to fade]
"A stain on my notebook..."
"With lips full of passion..."
etc. etc.
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version 3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------0--0-------------0--0--|
A|--0h2------0h2--0--0h2-------|
E|-----------------------------|
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