Guy Clark – Instant Coffee Blues (Guitar)

D                                     A
He washed all the road dirt from his face and from his neck

C                            G
And sat down at her table and she picked up his check.

D                                     A
And she took him home for reasons that she did not understand.

C                                 A               
And him, he had the answers but did not show his hand.

G                               Em
For him he knew the taste of this wine very well.

C                                D             G
It all goes down so easy but the next day is hell.

           D                    A
Morning - "Man was I drunk," she whispered in the shower.

 C                                           G
While he lay there and smoked his way there through the final hour.

D                                     A
And she felt wholly empty like she'd felt it every time.

C                                   A
And he was feelin' just the same, 'cept he was tryin' to make it rhyme.

G                               Em
Time was of the essence so they both did their best,

C                           D                G
To meet up in the kitchen feelin fully dressed.

D                               A
She just had to go to work, and he just had to go.

C                               G
And she knew where and he knew how to blow it off and so.

D                                          A
They shot the breeze quite cavalier to the boilin' of the pot.

C                                     A
And sang the Instant Coffee Blues and never fired a shot.

G                                    Em
And him he hit the driveway with his feelin's in a case.

C                             D                  G
And her she hit the stoplight and touched up her face.

G                               Em
So you tell them the difference between caring and not.

C                                     D         G
And that it's all done with mirrors, lest they forgot.

G                                  Em
I said it's all done with mirrors, of which they have none.

C                                    D              G
To blend the instant coffee blues into the morning sun