What I Want Is A Proper Cup Of Coffee chords by Trout Fishing In America

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
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"You have now reached the audience participation portion of our album
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This is an old sing-a-long song, and what we'd like for you to do is listen to
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The chorus of this song, and then we want you all to sing along."

Verse:
 AM                            E7
A Sultan sat on his oriental mat, in his harem in downtown Persia
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He took a sip of coffee, just a drip, and he said to his servant Kersia
    G            C                 G/C
"Ah, curse ya, curse ya, curse ya! That's the worst cup of coffee in Persia!"

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Cause...

Chorus:
 C                               G   C
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot
G     C                    G       C
I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot
 C                       C     F
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me!
    C         G      C     F         C   G         C
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

Break:
AM/N.C.
"Ya got it? well join right in!"

Verse:
 AM                                 E7
In days of old when knights and men were bold, and whiskey was much cheaper
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Ben Turpin rode to a coffee shop and showed his pistols to the keeper
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He said, "Stand and deliver! Can't you see that I'm all aquiver?"

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Cause...

Chorus:
C                               G   C
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot
G     C                    G       C
I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot
 C                       C     F
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me!
    C         G      C     F         C   G         C
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

Verse:
 AM                                   E7
When Bonaparte found that he was in the cart and he lost that Waterloo fight
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He gave his sword to Wellington, my Lord, and he said "Those British can't half fight!
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Now you've had your Waterloo, sir, tell me what am I having with you, sir?"

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Cause...

Chorus:
C                               G   C
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot
G     C                    G       C
I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot
 C                       C     F
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me!
    C         G      C     F         C   G         C
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

Break:
C/N.C
"Well, we didn't exactly expect you to sing along with that last part since
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It was in French. This is your last chance, however it is the people's magazine
AM/N.C.
Version of this song, and it goes like this:"

Verse:
 AM                                     E7
Now King Solomon and his queen would carry on, so we heard in the ancient scandals
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He bought her lots of silver coffee pots with diamond legs and handles
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And said the Queen of Sheba, "I'd rather have any old tea-bag."

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Cause...everybody!

Chorus:
C                               G   C
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot
G     C                    G       C
I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot
 C                       C     F
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me!
    C         G      C     F         C   G         C
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

N.C.
(speeds up here)


C                               G   C
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot
G     C                    G       C
I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot
 C                       C     F
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me!
    C         G      C     F         C   G         C
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

C                               G   C
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot
G     C                    G       C
I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot
 C                       C     F
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me!
    C         G      C     F         C   G         C
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!