Instant Coffee Blues Chords by Guy Clark

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[D] Now he washed all her old dirt from [A] his face and from his neck _
[Em] _ Sat down at her table _
She picked [G] up his check _ and [D] she took him home for reasons that she did not understand _ _
[C] Him he had the answers, [A] but he did not show his hand
_ _ [G]
Cause him he knew the taste of [Em] this _ wine
Very well, _ _ it all goes down so easy
[Bm] But the next [G] day is hell _ _
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_ _ [D] Morning man was I drunk
_ [A] She whispered in the shower while he [Am] lay there [C] and smoked his way [G] there
through the final hour
_ [D] She felt wholly empty
Like [A] she felt it every time
[Am] And he was feeling just the same except [A] he's trying to make it right
_ _ [G] Time was of the essence
[Bm] _ [Em] So they both did the best
_ _ meet up in the kitchen
_ _ [Bm] Feeling _ [G] fully dressed
_ [D] She just had to go to work [A] and he just had to [F#m] go
_ _ [C] And she knew where and he knew how [G] to blow it off _
so
[E] _ [D] They shot the breeze quite _ cavalier [A] to the boiling of the pot
_ _ [Am] _ Sang the [C] instant coffee [G] _ [A] blues
Never _ fired a shot
_ _ [G] Him he hit the [Bm] driveway with [Em] his feelings in a case
[D] _ _ [C] Her she hit the stoplight
_ [Bm] _ _ Touched up [G] her face
So you tell them the difference _ [Em] between
_ Carrying a knife and [C] that it's all done with mirrors
_ [Bm] _ Lest they [G]
forgot
I said it's all done with mirrors
[D] _ [Em] Which they have none
_ [C] to blend the instant coffee blues [Bm] into the [G] morning sun
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