Am  C


[Verse]
Am
Twenty-seven years old
C
She could not keep control
Am
Of her broken-hearted soul
C
And the reckless way she go


Am
Shaking that gutter tambourine
C
And a 57 microphone
Fmaj7          C
Black beehive, tattooed arms
G                      F
Singing that soul song can't go on


Am  C  Am  C


Am
Red flower in her hair
C
Tragic twenty-seven she rolls like
Am
Janis and Jimi running down drinks
C
Black beehive I miss you so
Am                    C
Sassy as any supreme, her eyes as black as coal
Fmaj7               C
Walked away and the sun went down
G                           F
Singin' that soul song till no one's around


[Chorus]
G       C
Back to black was
F
Her kind of rhythm and blues
G           C
Fade out to black was
F
Her kind of rhythm and blues


Am  C  Am  C  Am  C  Am  C


[Verse]
Am
Lay your lamp down low
C
Suicide doors on that Lincoln
Am
Take in that final drag, well
C
You're so intoxicating
Am
And the evening's afterglow
C
Turns into a bad hangover
Fmaj7
Black beehive
C
Ten thousand demons
G                            F
You cheated yourself but you had your reasons


[Chorus]
G       C
Back to black was
F
Her kind of rhythm and blues
G           C
Fade out to black was
F
Her kind of rhythm and blues
G       C
Back to black
F
She had nothing but the whole world to lose
G           C
Fade out to black was
F
Her kind of rhythm and blues