Focus - Black beauty
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Black Beauty (Cleuver, Van Leer) from their debut album In and Out of Focus
which came out in 1970.
Standard Tuning, listen to the track for timing.
Chords used:
E 022100 B 799877
G#m 466444 D#/Eb x68886
C#m x46654 G# 466544
F# 244322 C# x46664
A 577655 C/C#m x3654x
D x57775 E7 020100
Em/C# 042000
Intro
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Verse 1
NEight was dG#mark, your skin was dC#mark
your eyes were sF#hining bright A
Oh, black bDeauty, cC#mlose in Amy Bheart A
IE was King SG#olomon who C#mheld his Queen of SF#heba tight A
Oh, black bDeauty hC#meld in my aF#rms
Bridge
C#m A F# D#/Eb
How we were told love was not meant for us
Two different G#worlds stepped C#apart
F#Heart against Bheart
Verse 2
BEut we kG#mnew where to C#mfind an opporF#tunity A
Far Daway whereC#m no one Awas Bnear A
WEe could G#mmeet there at C#mnight and with imF#punity A
Oh, black Dbeauty, C#mlove without fF#ear
Bridge
AOur love was wF#onderful,A so yBoung and so C#pure
AI held your F#trembling hand
BI was so G#sure
C#m C/C#m B F#
Then when our lips met there was no returning
The fAire was burning in Eour hBearts
Solo played over verse rhythm, but slightly different the second time
E - G#m - C#m - F# - A - D - C#m - A - B - A
E - G#m - E7 - Em/C# - A - D - C#m - F#
Solo arranged for guitar:
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Bridge
C#m A F# D#/Eb
So we were told love was not meant for us
Two different G#worlds stepped C#apart
F#Heart against Bheart
Verse 3
BEut we kG#mnew where to C#mfind an opporF#tunity A
Far aDway whereC#m no one Awas Bnear A
EI was King G#mSolomon who C#mheld his Queen of F#Sheba tight A
Oh, black Dbeauty, C#mlove without fF#ear