Girl From Ipanema

by Frank Sinatra & Tom Jobim · posted by isis_eli

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab


(Sinatra:)
+6   +5   +5 -4  +6    +5  +5 +5 
Tall and tan and young and lovely
-4   +6   +5  +5 -4 +6  +5   +5 +5 
The girl from  Ipanema goes walking
-4  -5   -4  -4 -4    +4  +5   +4 +4 +4   -3'   +4
And when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah

(Tom Jobim:)
Moça do corpo dourado do sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado parece um poema 
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar...


(Sinatra:)
+8..  -9  +8  -8   +8  -8  +7 -8 
(Ooh) But I  watch her so sadly

(Tom Jobim:)
+8..  -9  +8  -8   +8  -8  +7 -8 
(Ahh) porque tudo  é   tão triste
(Sinatra:)
+8.. -9  +8   -8  +8  -8   +7 -8 
Yes  I would give my heart gladly

+8   -9   +9   +6   -6  -7   +7 -8   +8'
But each day, when she walks to the sea
+8  -9    -5       +6 -6  -7  +7  -7o
She looks straight ahead, not at  me

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