Gordon Lightfoot - Second cup of coffee

Capo 4 With the exception of the instrumental intro and break, most of the song can be played by Travis picking using the root and top (e) string. [Intro] C C F F C C G C [Verse 1] C / F C / I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day C Em F G / I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way C / Dm F And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone C / G C / I'll be reachin' for the bottle, Lord, before this day is done [Verse 2] C / F C / I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day / Em F G / The room was filled with laughs as we danced the night away C / Dm F But my sleep was filled with dreaming of the wrongs that I had done C / G C / And the gentle sweet reminder of a daughter and a son [Chorus] F / C / Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home / / G / You never know when they'll come droppin' in F / C / Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls / / G N.C. Too young to understand how love begins [Verse 3] C / F C / I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the dawn C Em F G / The radio is playin' a soft country song C / Dm F And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone C / G C / I'll be reachin' for the bottle, Lord, before this day is done [Instrumental] C C F F C C G C [Chorus] F / C / Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home / / G / They never were around when I needed them F / C / Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls / / G N.C. Too young to understand how love begins [Verse] C / F C / I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day C Em F G / I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way C / Dm F And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone C / G C / I'll be reachin' for the bottle, Lord, before this day is done