Girl From Ipanema

"The Girl From Ipanema"

("Garota de Ipanema")

(music: Antonio Carlos Jobim

Portuguese lyrics: Vinicius de Moraes

English lyrics: Norman Gimbel)

[chords and arrangement according to Getz/Gilberto version]

(wordless vocal over Db6/9 on nylon-string guitar)

Verse 1 (w/nylon-string guitar only):

Db6/9 [x4334x]

Olha que coisa mas linda mas cheia

Eb9 [x6566x]

De graca e ela menina que vem

Ebm9* [x6466x] Ab7+5 [4x455x] Db6/9 [1: D9]

E que passa num doce balanco a caminho do mar

* Ebm9/Ab after bass enters

Verse 2 (bass and percussion enter):

Moca do corpo dourado do sol de Ipanema

O seu balancado e mais que um poema

E a coisa mais linda que eu ja vi passar

Chorus 1:

Dmaj7 G13 [3x345x]

Ah! Por que estou tao sozinho?

Ah! Por que tudo e tao triste?

Ah! A beleza que existe

Fm7 Bb7-5 [6x675x]

A beleza que nao e so minha

Ebm7 Ab7-5 [4x453x]

Que tambem passa sozinha

Verse 3:

Ah! se ela soubesse que quando ela passa

O mundo sorrindo se enche de graca

E fica mais lindo por causa do amor

Verse 4:

Tall and tan and young and lovely

The girl from Ipanema goes walking

And when she passes, each one she passes goes "ahh"

Verse 5:

When she walks she's like a samba

That swings so cool and sways so gentle

That when she passes, each one she passes goes "ahh"

Chorus 2:

Oh, but he [1: watches 2: sees her] so sadly

How can he tell her he loves her?

Yes, he would give his heart gladly

But each day when she walks to the sea

She looks straight ahead not at he

Verse 6:

Tall and tan and young and lovely

The girl from Ipanema goes walking

And when she passes he smiles, but she doesn't see

Coda:

D9 Db6/9

She just doesn't see

D9 Db6/9

No, she doesn't see

D9 Db6/9

But she doesn't see

D9 Db6/9

She doesn't see

D9 Db6/9 [fade]

No, she doesn't see

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers (Portuguese lyrics transcribed

by ROUQUI@HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU)