Off of the early Santana album, Abraxas, Black Magic Woman has one of the more memorable guitar intros ever recorded. Santana’s use of slides is so simple, but makes for such a mellow and moody part that leads into the minor blues structure of the song. At the end it goes into a major jam called Gypsy Queen. It arranges for ʻukulele nicely provided you can pull off some sort of spin on the big electric tone that Santana has.
You can find charts for these minor ʻukulele chords here.
Intro:
Dm
|------------|--------------|-------------|------------|----------|
|-3s1--------|--------------|-------------|------------|-1h3p1----|
|------------|------------2s|=4s2---------|------------|----------|
|------------|--------------|-------------|------------|----------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|------------1-|----------------|-------------|-5----3----1p0--|
|--------------|-2s4s2----------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Gm Dm7
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-3----1--------|-------------|-5----3----1p0-|
|-------------|-----------4s2-|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
Gm Dm7
|-----------|-------------|-----0-5-8-12-17-|
|-----------|-3---1-------|-----------------|
|-----------|---------4---|---2-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo:
Dm7 //// //// Am7 //// //// Dm7 //// ////
Gm7 //// //// Dm7 //// Am7 //// Dm7 //// //// /...
Piano Solo:
Dm7 //// //// //// //// //// //// //// /...
Dm7 Am7
I got a black magic woman, I got a black magic woman
Dm7 Gm7
I got a black magic woman, got me so blind I can't see
Dm7 Am7 Dm7
That she’s a black magic woman, she’s tryin' to make a devil out of me
Dm7 Am7
Don’t turn your back on me baby, don’t turn your back on me baby
Dm7 Gm7
Yes, don’t turn your back on me baby, stop messin’ round with your tricks
Dm7 Am7 Dm7
Don’t turn your back on me baby, you might just pick up my magic sticks
Guitar Solo:
Dm7 //// //// Am7 //// //// Dm7 //// ////
Gm7 //// //// Dm7 //// Am7 //// Dm7 //// //// /... (repeat)
Dm7 Am7
Got your spell on me baby, got your spell on me baby
Dm7 Gm7
Got your spell on me baby, turnin’ my heart into stone
Dm7 Am7 Dm7
I need you so bad, magic woman I can't leave you alone
Outro/Segue:
Dm
|------------|--------------|-------------|------------|----------|
|-3s1--------|--------------|-------------|------------|-1h3p1----|
|------------|------------2s|=4s2---------|------------|----------|
|------------|--------------|-------------|------------|----------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|------------1-|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-2s4s2----------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Gypsy Queen (Key change to D):
D
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|----------|
|-2---2---2---|-2---2---2---|-2--------|--------|----------|
|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|-2--------|--------|----------|
|--------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------|
|--------2h3p2-|------2-----|------------|---2h3p2-----2-|---------|
|--------------|-2----2-----|------------|---------2---2-|---------|
|--------------|------2-----|------------|-----------2-2-|---------|
|------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-------|
|----------0-|-2/5---------|---------2h3p2p0-|---2------------|-------|
|--------2---|-------------|-----------------|-2-2------------|-------|
|------------|-------------|-----------------|---2------------|-------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----|
|---------------|--------------|-------3-3-2-2p0-|---2----------|-----|
|---2---0---0-0-|--------------|-----------------|-2-2----------|-----|
|-2---2---2-----|-0h2----------|-----------------|---2----------|-----|
Solo on repeat. (D)
D /... /... /... C / G / D / .... C / G / D / .... C / G / D / ....
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------0-|-----------0-|-----------0-|-----------0-|
|-2---0-2-----|-2---0-2-----|-2---0-2-----|-2---0-2-----|
|---2-----2---|---2-----2---|---2-----2---|---2-----2---| repeat
C/ G / A/ .... (feedback into Oye Como Va)
