Second Cup Of Coffee chords by Gordon Lightfoot

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

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