The Coffee Song

Frank Sinatra

Compositor: Bob Hilliard / Dick Miles

Tom: C#

Intro: Cmaj7  G#9  G9  G7

C6                                C9
Way down among Brazilians
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Coffee beans grow by the billions
                 C6            Cmaj7           A9  A7
So they've got a lotta extra cups to fill
                        D9              G7         Cmaj7  G#9  G9  G7
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

C6                            C9
You cant get cherry soda
                      F                   Fm
cause they've got to fill that quota
              C6             Cmaj7                A9  A7
And the way things are Ill bet they never will
                      D9              G7            C6
They've got a zillion tons of coffee in Brazil

Dm7     G7       Cmaj7
No tea or tomato juice
          Dm7    G7       Cmaj7      A9
You'll see____no potato juice `cause
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The planters down in Santos all say no no no

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The politicians daughter
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Was accused of drinking water
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And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill
                           D9                G7              C6
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

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You date a girl and find out later
           F#                          F#m
She smells just like a percolator
C#6                       C#maj7                A#9  A#7
Her perfume was made right on the grill
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Why they could percolate the ocean in Brazil

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And when their ham and eggs need savor
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Coffee ketchup gives em flavor
C#6                   C#maj7                A#9  A#7
Coffee pickles way outsell the dill
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Why they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil

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No tea or tomato juice
            D#m7  G#7     C#maj7   A#9
You'll see____no potato juice `cause
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The planters down in Santos all say no no no

C#6                                C#9
So you add to the local color
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Serving coffee with a crawller
C#6                     C#maj7          D#9
Dunking doesn't take a lot of skill
F#7
They got an awful lot of coffee
D#9
an awful lot of coffee, man they
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got a gang `o coffee in Brazil