Intro: C Am F C G

            C  
I paint my nails black,
         Am                     F 
I dye my hair a darker shade of brown,
                     C
'Cause you like your women,
               G
Spanish, dark, strong and proud.


              C
You paint the sky black,
            Am
You said if you could have your way,
             F
You'd make a nighttime world today,
                 C            G
So it'd suit the mood of your soul.


F             Am
Oh, what can I do?
F                  G
Nothing my sparrow, blue.


C    Em        Am
Oh, what can I do?
G       F
Life is beautiful,
                      Am        G
But you don't have a clue.
C       Em     Am             
Sun and ocean, blue,
G    F        
That magnificence,
                       Am       G
It don't make sense to you.
         F         Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
G       F          Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.


            C
I paint the house black,
           Am                  F
My wedding dress black leather too.
            C
You have no room for light,
        G            
Love is lost on you.


          C
I keep my lips red,
             Am              F
To seem like cherries in the spring.
             C
Darling, you can't let everything,
     G
Seem so dark blue.


F             Am
Oh, what can I do,
F                            G
To turn you on or get through you?


C    Em        Am
Oh, what can I do?
G       F
Life is beautiful,
                     Am         G
But you don't have a clue.
C       Em     Am             
Sun and ocean, blue,
G    F        
That magnificence,
                       Am       G
It don't make sense to you.
         F         Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
G       F          Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.


      C             Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
      C             Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh.
      C             Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
      C                   Am
Black beauty, baby, black beauty, baby.


C    Em        Am
Oh, what can I do?
G       F
Life is beautiful,
                     Am         G
But you don't have a clue.
C       Em     Am             
Sun and ocean, blue,
G     F        
That magnificence,


                       Am       G
It don't make sense to you.
       F           Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
G     F            Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.
G     F            Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
G     F            Am
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.