Black Flag -- "Black Coffee"
Transcribed 2007/01/10, updated 2008/12/10
pigmartian at google's mail service
INTRO:
[Riff 1]
(4/4) (2/4)
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|2-2---2-7---5---|2-2---2-7---5---|2-2---2-7---5---|--------|
|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
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|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
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---3^4~~~~~~~~~~|
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|----1-------0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
|3-3-----2-2-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|
VERSE (1st, 2nd and 4th times):
--- THIRD VERSE: SOLO OVER BASS RIFF 4 & 4B ----
Riff 4 (verse) -- repeat 3x
A G B Gb
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------4-2-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|
|7--7--7-7-7-----|5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|9--9--9-9-9-----|4-------------4-|
|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)
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|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)
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|2-2-5---7---5---|2-2-5---7---5---|2-2-5---7---5---|--------|
|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)
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|----------------|
|7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|7---7-7-7-7----x|----------------|
|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
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------5--------|-------4--------|--------3-------|--------2-------|
|-------5--------|-------4--------|--------3-------|--------2-------|
|5---5-----------|4---4-----------|3----3----------|2----2----------|
|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
-- RETURN TO INTRO 4X
-- LAST TIME:
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SOLO: (@2:38 -- sorry, still a work in progress)