Intro: Eb Cm Ab Eb Bb

            Eb  
I paint my nails black,
         Cm                     Ab 
I dye my hair a darker shade of brown,
                     Eb
'Cause you like your women,
               Bb
Spanish, dark, strong and proud.


              Eb
You paint the sky black,
            Cm
You said if you could have your way,
             Ab
You'd make a nighttime world today,
                 Eb            Bb
So it'd suit the mood of your soul.


Ab             Cm
Oh, what can I do?
Ab                  Bb
Nothing my sparrow, blue.


Eb    Gm        Cm
Oh, what can I do?
Bb       Ab
Life is beautiful,
                      Cm        Bb
But you don't have a clue.
Eb       Gm     Cm             
Sun and ocean, blue,
Bb    Ab        
That magnificence,
                       Cm       Bb
It don't make sense to you.
         Ab         Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
Bb       Ab          Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.


            Eb
I paint the house black,
           Cm                  Ab
My wedding dress black leather too.
            Eb
You have no room for light,
        Bb            
Love is lost on you.


          Eb
I keep my lips red,
             Cm              Ab
To seem like cherries in the spring.
             Eb
Darling, you can't let everything,
     Bb
Seem so dark blue.


Ab             Cm
Oh, what can I do,
Ab                            Bb
To turn you on or get through you?


Eb    Gm        Cm
Oh, what can I do?
Bb       Ab
Life is beautiful,
                     Cm         Bb
But you don't have a clue.
Eb       Gm     Cm             
Sun and ocean, blue,
Bb    Ab        
That magnificence,
                       Cm       Bb
It don't make sense to you.
         Ab         Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
Bb       Ab          Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.


      Eb             Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
      Eb             Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh.
      Eb             Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
      Eb                   Cm
Black beauty, baby, black beauty, baby.


Eb    Gm        Cm
Oh, what can I do?
Bb       Ab
Life is beautiful,
                     Cm         Bb
But you don't have a clue.
Eb       Gm     Cm             
Sun and ocean, blue,
Bb     Ab        
That magnificence,


                       Cm       Bb
It don't make sense to you.
       Ab           Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
Bb     Ab            Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.
Bb     Ab            Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh,
Bb     Ab            Cm
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.