[Intro]
F Dm Bb F C
[Strophe]
            F 
I paint my nails black, 
         Dm                     Bb 
I dye my hair a darker shade of brown, 
                     F 
'Cause you like your women, 
               C 
Spanish, dark, strong and proud.  
              F 
You paint the sky black, 
            Dm 
You said if you could have your way, 
             Bb 
You'd make a nighttime world today, 
                 F            C 
So it'd suit the mood of your soul.  
Bb             Dm 
Oh, what can I do? 
Bb                  C 
Nothing my sparrow, blue.
[Refrain]
F        Am    Dm 
Oh, what can I do? 
C       Bb 
Life is beautiful, 
                      Dm        C 
But you don't have a clue. 
F       Am     Dm 
Sun and ocean, blue, 
C       Bb 
That magnificence, 
                       Dm     C 
It don't make sense to you.  
         Bb         Dm        C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh. 
         Bb         Dm       C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.
[Strophe]
            F 
I paint the house black, 
           Dm 
My wedding dress black leather too. 
    Bb 
You have no room for light, 
        F    C 
Love is lost on you.  
          F 
I keep my lips red, 
             Dm 
To seem like cherries in the spring. 
             Bb 
Darling, you can't let everything, 
     F  C 
Seem so dark blue.  
Bb             Dm 
Oh, what can I do, 
Bb                            C 
To turn you on or get through you?
[Refrain]
F        Am    Dm 
Oh, what can I do? 
C       Bb 
Life is beautiful, 
                      Dm        C 
But you don't have a clue. 
F       Am     Dm 
Sun and ocean, blue, 
C       Bb 
That magnificence, 
                       Dm     C 
It don't make sense to you.  
         Bb         Dm        C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh. 
         Bb         Dm       C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.
[Pont]
      F             Dm 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh, 
      F             Dm 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh. 
      F             Dm 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, 
      F                   Dm 
Black beauty, baby, black beauty, baby.
[Refrain]
F        Am    Dm 
Oh, what can I do? 
C       Bb 
Life is beautiful, 
                      Dm        C 
But you don't have a clue. 
F       Am     Dm 
Sun and ocean, blue, 
C       Bb 
That magnificence, 
                       Dm     C 
It don't make sense to you.  
         Bb         Dm        C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh. 
         Bb         Dm       C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh. 
         Bb         Dm       C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh. 
         Bb         Dm       C 
Black beauty, oh-oh-oh-oh.