Black Magic Woman ʻUkulele Chords by Santana

Published: April 18, 2015 Updated: April 4, 2020 by Brad Bordessa

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.

Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
Santana
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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)

By Brad Bordessa

I’m an ‘ukulele artist from Honoka’a, Hawai’i, where I run this site from a little plantation house in the jungle. I’ve taught workshops internationally, made Herb Ohta Jr. laugh until he cried, and once borrowed a uke to jam with HAPA onstage in my boardshorts. More about me