The Coffee Song

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Way down among Brazilians
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Coffee beans grow by the billions
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So they've got a lotta extra cups 
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to fill
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They've got an awful lot of coffee
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 in Brazil

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You cant get cherry soda
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cause they've got to fill that quota
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And the way things are Ill bet 
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they never will
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They've got a zillion tons of 
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coffee in Brazil

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

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C6                 C9
The politicians daughter
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Was accused of drinking water
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And was fined a great big fifty 
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dollar bill
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They've got an awful lot of coffee
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 in Brazil

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

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And when their ham and eggs need 
savor
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Coffee ketchup gives em flavor
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Coffee pickles way outsell the 
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dill
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Why they put coffee in the coffee 
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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 
     G#7
say no no no…

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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
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They got an awful lot of coffee
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an awful lot of coffee, man they
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got a gang `o coffee in Brazil