Chords for Black (Acoustic) | Travis Meadows

_ _ So [Ab] my granddad, [G] my grandparents raised [D] me.
Um, _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _
uh, [G] never hung out with my dad too much.
Didn't know [Gm] my mother hardly at all until I'm in my 30s.
[C] _ Uh, [D] _ _ [G] me and my granddad would take these trips all the time.
[C] And, uh, [D] sometimes we'd just stay gone the whole [Gm] summer.
And, [Em] uh, we'd ride.
Camping trips?
_ [N] Mostly just go and see whatever we wanted to see.
We'd go to Disney World sometimes.
Every year I was there, the first year it opened in Florida.
And we went every year for years.
We'd go to Cherokee, North Carolina.
We'd go to _ Houston to see the relatives.
We'd just go wherever.
We'd go to Gatlinburg a lot.
We'd just go wherever we wanted [Gm] to go.
Are they still alive?
Hmm?
Are your grandparents?
No, no, no, no.
No, they've been [D] gone.
[G] But we would, uh, _ we'd stop and get gas and use the bathroom.
And then we'd get a cup of [D] coffee.
And I wanted to be like him [Gm] so I'd get a cup of coffee too.
And, uh, _ _ _ and [Ab] it tasted awful so I'd put [Gm] cream and sugar in it.
And he said, son, don't put that [Gb] sissy mess in your coffee.
A man drinks his [Gm] coffee black.
Oh my.
_ And so, uh, so now I drink my coffee like a truck driver.
_ _ So I wrote this song about my grandfather.
_ I was just a little boy when [Cm] _ [Gm] you opened up your home. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ Your baby's only living son.
_ She loved me like your own.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ All the wisdom that I [C] owned.
[Gm] You know, I learned it all from you. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] Everything you said back [D] then.
When I'm [Gm] finding out it's true. _ _ _ _
_ _ You [C] taught me [Gm] there was more to life than just getting by.
_ _ If you want your dreams, the only limit is the sky. _
[C] If you use your head, [Gm] you won't have to break your [D] back.
_ _ _ _ [C] You taught [Gm] me how to drink my coffee black. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] Twelve miles outside of Memphis.
[Cm] The thoughts of [D] you were running [Gm] through my mind. _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] I remember how we passed this [Cm] way.
[Gm] Just to watch that dotted line.
Now _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ I'm on my way to Nashville.
[D] To chase the dream that you [Gm] said would lie. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ Well if I [G] rise or if I fall.
[E] At [Gm] least I have the guts to try.
_ You taught me there was more to life than just getting by. _ _
[Cm] If you [Gm] want your dreams, the only limit is the sky.
[C] If you [D] use your head, [Gm] you won't have to break your [D] back.
_ _ _ You taught me how to drink my coffee black. _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] Yesterday I said [Em] goodbye. _
_ _ _ [Gm] To the only dad I ever knew.
_ _ _ [Em] _ I [D] promised you I wouldn't cry.
[Cm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _
Being strong was [D] hard to do.
_ _ [G] Then I got my luggage [D] packed.
I _ _ had a coffee _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ black. _ _
You taught me there was more to life than just getting by.
_ _ If you want your [D] dreams, the only [Gm] limit is the sky.
If [C] you use your [E] head, you won't have to break your back. _ _
Thanks for taking time [G] to teach me all the [E]
facts.
_ _ _ [Gm] And to drink my coffee black.
_ _ _ Yeah, drink my coffee black.
_ What's that?
[Cm]
No [Gm] ma'am, I won't need that cream.
_ Put it back in the refrigerator.
Somebody may come along [D] behind me that needs it.
[Gm] _ I won't need any sugar either.
Just [C] bring it strong and in a [Gm] cup, just like grandpa. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _