Mississippi John Hurt – Coffee Blues (Guitar)

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Not how it's played, but a fun play along with the song... A D [Spoken]
A                   E
This is the 'Coffee Blues'. I likes a certain brand:

A
Maxwell's House,

D
it's good till the last drop, just like it says on the can,

A                E
I used to have a girl

               A
Cookin' a good Maxwell House, she moved away

D                   A
       Some said to Memphis and some said to Leland

A                E
But I found her, I wanted her to cook me

          Em
Some good Maxwell's House.

A                                    D
I understand, If I can get me just a spoonful of Maxwell's House

                                                         A
(it'll) Do me much good as, two or three cups this other coffee
E
A                 D                          A
I've got to go to Memphis, bring her back to Leland

               E                   A                   D
I wanna see my baby 'bout a lovin' spoonful, my lovin' spoonful

A                     E
Well, I'm just got to have, my lovin'...
[Spoken]
A
I found her

              D                     A
Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'?

                   E                 A                    D
Well, please, ma'am,   just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful

A                    E                 A
    I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful.

                   D                      A
My baby packed her suitcase, and she went away

                   E                  A             D
I couldn't let her stay for my lovin',    my lovin' spoonful

A                         E         A
    Well, I'm just got to have,  my lovin'...
A
             D                      A
Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'?

                  E                 A                        D
Well, please, ma'am,  just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful

A                     E                A
   Well I just got to have,  my lovin'...

                        D                      A
Oh, the preacher in the pulpit, jumpin' up and down

                  E
He laid his Bible down for his lovin'...

A                             D
Ain't Maxwell House all right?

A                         E              A
    Well, I've just got to have my lovin'...

                 D                        A
You can bring me whiskey you can bring me tea,

                E                     A
Nothing satisfy me man, but my lovin' spoonful,

          D
My lovin'...

A                         E              A
    Well, I've just got to have my lovin'...