Guy Clark - Instant coffee blues

^DHe washed all the road dirt from his ^Aface and from his neck || ^CAnd sat down at her table and ^Gshe picked up his check. ^DAnd she took him home for reasons that she ^Adid not understand. ^CAnd him, he had the answers but ^Adid not show his hand.

^GFor him he knew the taste of this w^Emine very well. ^CIt all goes down so easily but the ^Dnext day is ^Ghell.

Morning - "^DMan was I drunk," she ^Awispered in the shower. While he ^Clay there and smoked his way there ^Gthrough the final hour. ^DAnd she felt wholly empty like she'd ^Afelt it every time. And he was ^Cfeelin' just the same, 'cept he was ^Atryin' to make it rhyme.

^GTime was of the essence so ^Emthey both did their best, ^Cto meet up in the kitchen ^Dfeelin fully ^Gdressed.

^DShe just had to go to work, and ^Ahe just had to go. And s^Che knew where and he knew how to ^Gblow it off and so.

They ^Dshot the breeze quite cavalier to the ^Aboilin' of the pot. And ^Csang the Instant Coffee Blues and ^Anever fired a shot.

^GAnd him he hit the driveway with his ^Emfeelin's in a case. And ^Cher she hit the stoplight and ^Dtouched up her ^Gface.

So ^Gyou tell them the difference between ^Emcaring and not. And that it's ^Call done with mirrors, ^Dlest they for^Ggot.

I said it's ^Gall done with mirrors, of ^Emwhich they have none. To ^Cblend the instant coffee blues in^Dto the morning ^Gsun.