The Coffee Cup Song Chords

KeyG Capo10st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays479

The Coffee Cup Song by Patrick Hammond is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 10st fret. It uses the chords G5, Cadd9, D, D5, C9 and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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Intro: G5  Cadd9  (2x)

Verse 1:

G5                           Cadd9 
   When I look up I see you there 
G5                             Cadd9 
   When I look down I see you there 
G5                           Cadd9 
   When I'm alone I see you there 
G5                             Cadd9 
   When I walk home I see you there 
G5                        Cadd9        
   I see you when the sun comes up 
G5                     Cadd9 
   I see you in my coffee cup 
G5                           Cadd9 
   I see you when my day is done 



        D 
I see you 
        D5 
I see you 
           Cadd9   C9 
When I sing 



Verse 2
 

G5                                 Cadd9 
   When I've done wrong I see you there 
G5                               Cadd9 
   When I write songs I see you there 
G5                           Cadd9 
   When im upset I see you there      yeah 
G5                          Cadd9 
   When I forget I see you there      yeaah, ohoh 
G5                       Cadd9 
   I see you when the sun comes up 
G5                      Cadd9 
   I see you in my coffee cup 
G5                           Cadd9 
   I see you when my day is done 



        D 
I see you 
        D5 
I see you 
           Cadd9   C9 
When I sing 



Bridge:


G5 
When I stand there 
Bm7 
With my arms in the air 
D5 
I stop and stare 
       C9 
I stop 

I stop 

 
G5                       Cadd9 
   I see you when the sun comes up 
G5                      Cadd9 
   I see you in my coffee cup 
G5                           Cadd9 
   I see you when my day is done 

        D 
I see you 
        D5 
I see you 
         Cadd9   C9 
I see you 

G5         Cadd9 (2x)



 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante