Chords for Travis Meadows "Black" (acoustic)

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