Guy Clark - Instant coffee blues

^DHe washed all the road dirt From his fa^A7ce and from his neck And s^Cat down at her table And s^Ghe picked up his check And she t^Dook him home for reasons That she di^A7d not understand And h^Cim, he had the answers But d^A7id not show his hand

Cause^G him he knew the tas^F#/Gte of this^Em wine very we^Em7ll It ^Call goes down so easy but the n^Bmext day is he^Gll

"^DMan was I drunk," She whi^A7spered in the shower While he l^Cay there and smoked his way there Thr^Gough the final hour And s^Dhe felt wholly Empty Like she'd fe^A7lt it every time And he was fee^Cling just the same Except he's tr^A7ying to make it rhyme

Ti^Gme was of the essenc^F#/Ge so they bo^Emth did their best^Em7 To m^Ceet up in the kitchen feel^Bming fully dresse^Gd

S^Dhe just had to go to work And h^A7e just had to go And s^Che knew where and he knew how To bl^Gow it off and so They sh^Dot the breeze quite cavalier To the boi^A7ling of the pot And sa^Cng the Instant Coffee Blues And nev^A7er fired a shot

And h^Gim he hit the driveway w^F#/Gith his feel^Emings in a case^Em7 And h^Cer she hit the stop light and touc^Bmhed up her fa^Gce So y^Gou tell thEm the difference^F#/G between ca^Emring and not ^Em7 And that it's a^Cll done with mirrors, le^Bmst they forgo^Gt I said it's al^Gl done with mirror^F#/Gs, of wh^Emich they have non^Em7e To^C blend the instant coffee blues in^Bmto the morning s^Gun