Song: The girl from Ipanema
Artist: Astrud Gilberto
Music: Antonio Carlos Jobim
English lyrics: Norman Gimbel
Tabbed by DJ
1st Aug 2016
This Bossa Nova is a challenge for the average player,
but I've tried to find the simplest voicings I could whilst
still retaining the feel of the song.
Video at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1uEy-n4IsU
Tuning:
Slightly flat of concert pitch. Using a chromatic tuner,
detune all strings down approx.(-10)
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of B)
Chords names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Cmaj7 = x32000 Gb9 = 242324 Em7 = 022030
D7 = xx0212 Db7sus2 = x46444 A7-9 = x02323
Dm7 = xx0211 A13 = x02022 G7-5 = 3x342x
Db7-5 = x4300x D7sus2 = xx0210 Cmaj7sus2 = x35433
Dbmaj7 = x46564 Bb7 = x13131 Cmaj7 * = x35453
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[Intro]
Cmaj7
Dum, dum, dum! Brrring, boom -boom...brrring, boom -boom!
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7
Tall and tanned, and young and lovely,
D7
The girl from Ipanema goes walking,
Dm7 Db7-5 Cmaj7
And when she passes, each one she passes goes ...'Ahhh!'
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7
When she walks she's like a samba,
D7
That swings so cool, and sways so gently,
Dm7 Db7-5 Cmaj7
That when she passes, each one she passes goes ...'Ahhh!'
[Verse 3]
Dbmaj7 Gb9
Oh, but he watches so sadly,
Db7sus2 A13
How can he tell her he loves her?
D7sus2 Bb7
Yes, he would give his heart gladly,
Em7 A7-9
But each day, when she walks to the sea,
Dm7 G7-5
She looks straight ahead, not at he!
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7
Tall and tanned, and young and lovely,
D7
The girl from Ipanema goes walking,
Dm7 Db7-5
And when she passes, he smiles,
Cmaj7
But she doesn't see!
[Break]
Cmaj7 D7
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dm7 Db7-5 Cmaj7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
Dbmaj7 Gb9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Db7sus2 A13
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D7sus2 Bb7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 A7-9 Dm7 G7-5
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 D7
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dm7 Db7-5 Cmaj7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
[Verse 6]
Dbmaj7 Gb9
Oh, but he watches so sadly,
Db7sus2 A13
How can he tell her he loves her?
D7sus2 Bb7
Yes, he would give his heart gladly,
Em7 A7-9
But each day, when she walks to the sea,
Dm7 G7-5
She looks straight ahead, not at he!
[Verse 7]
Cmaj7
Tall and tanned, and young and lovely,
D7
The girl from Ipanema goes walking,
Dm7 Db7-5
And when she passes, he smiles,
Cmaj7
But she doesn't see!
[Coda]
Db7-5 Cmaj7 Db7-5 Cmaj7
She just doesn't see, no, ...she doesn't see,
Db7-5 Cmaj7sus2 Cmaj7 *
She just doesn't see-----!
