Biography:
Freedy Johnston (born 1961) is a New York City-based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas. Johnston's first album, "The Trouble Tree" was released in 1990, and features the guitar playing of the roots musician and author, David Hamburger. Johnston sold some of his family's farmland to finance the recording of his second album, Can You Fly (an event he wrote about in a song on that album, "Trying To Tell You I Don't Know"). Johnston followed up with his 1994 major label debut This Perfect World
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[Intro]
F F Bb F
[Verse]
F F
Some men drink alcohol
Bb F
Some men drink juices from the vine
F F
But as for me I'm very simple
G C
Give me coffee every time
[Chorus]
F F
Make it warm and make it sweet
Bb F
Just the way my life has been
Bb Bb
Give me coffee, (coffee), coffee, (coffee)
F D
Coffee, (coffee)
G C F
And you've absolutely found yourself a friend
[Verse 2]
F F
Cincinnati early in the morning
Bb Bbm F
I'm waitin' on an old Greyhound
F
Or Kansas city
F
Right around midnight
G C
bring that coffee pot around
[Chorus]
F F
Make it hot, make it now
Bb Bbm F
Put a little cream and sugar in
Bb Bb
Give me coffee, (coffee), coffee, (coffee)
F D
Coffee, (coffee)
G C F
I will tell you you have found yourself a friend
[Verse 3]
G G G
A coffee cup, a finest silver
C Cm G
Cream from golden can
G G
See that pot, ah, it's percolating
A D
Sounds like music from a band
[Chorus]
G G
These old bones are tired and weary
C Cm G
you can perk and love again
C Cm
Give me coffee, (coffee), coffee, (coffee)
G E
Coffee, (coffee)
A D G E
And I'll tell you you have found yourself a friend
[Outro]
A D G E
Let me tell you you have found yourself a friend
A D G
I guarantee that you have found yourself a friend ...
F F Bb F
[Verse]
F F
Some men drink alcohol
Bb F
Some men drink juices from the vine
F F
But as for me I'm very simple
G C
Give me coffee every time
[Chorus]
F F
Make it warm and make it sweet
Bb F
Just the way my life has been
Bb Bb
Give me coffee, (coffee), coffee, (coffee)
F D
Coffee, (coffee)
G C F
And you've absolutely found yourself a friend
[Verse 2]
F F
Cincinnati early in the morning
Bb Bbm F
I'm waitin' on an old Greyhound
F
Or Kansas city
F
Right around midnight
G C
bring that coffee pot around
[Chorus]
F F
Make it hot, make it now
Bb Bbm F
Put a little cream and sugar in
Bb Bb
Give me coffee, (coffee), coffee, (coffee)
F D
Coffee, (coffee)
G C F
I will tell you you have found yourself a friend
[Verse 3]
G G G
A coffee cup, a finest silver
C Cm G
Cream from golden can
G G
See that pot, ah, it's percolating
A D
Sounds like music from a band
[Chorus]
G G
These old bones are tired and weary
C Cm G
you can perk and love again
C Cm
Give me coffee, (coffee), coffee, (coffee)
G E
Coffee, (coffee)
A D G E
And I'll tell you you have found yourself a friend
[Outro]
A D G E
Let me tell you you have found yourself a friend
A D G
I guarantee that you have found yourself a friend ...
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