Corcovado Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song Corcovado chords by Antonio Carlos Jobim on guitar.

PDF score of Corcovado on guitar

Corcovado with chords

Verse 1 | Corcovado with chords

To play Corcovado chords, you will first have to learn and know six first chords – these chords are numerous and each part contains new ones so I advise you to go a little bit at a time and play part by part :

corcovado chords

When these positions are mastered, you can continue with the following tab to play this music with your guitar :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

corcovado lyrics
Tab text
Am6
Um cantinho, um violão
Abø
Esse amor, uma canção
Gm7 C9 FM7 F6
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama

Verse 2 | Corcovado by Tom Jobim on guitar

To play the second verse of the Bossa Nova tab Corcovado, you need to know and work on a few new chords (an effort, there are not many left) :

corcovado guitar

When this news positions are mastered on your guitar, you can can follow the verse 2 tab :

corcovado score pdf
Tab text
Fm7 Bb9
Muita calma pra pensar
E7(b9) A+
E ter tempo pra sonhar
D9 Dm7
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado
Abø
O Redentor, que lindo!

Verse 3 | Bossa Nova Corcovado with chords

The third verse of the Bossa Nova Corcovado chords is played like stanza 1. So you don’t have to learn any new chords and you can play directly from the lyrics or by reading the next guitar tab :

bossa nova corcovado chords
Tab text
Am6
Quero a vida sempre assim
Abø
Com você perto de mim
Gm7 C9 FM7 F6
Até o apagar da velha chama

Verse 4 | Corcovado by Antonio Carlos Jobim with guitar chords

In order to know completely this Bossa Nova composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, also called Tom Jobim, you only need one last verse. To play this verse 4 on guitar, you need to know some last positions :

bossa nova corcovado lyrics

When this chords as well as the previous ones are mastered, you can follow the tab and finish Corcovado :

bossa nova corcovado tab
Tab text
Fm7 Fm6
E eu que era triste
Em7 Am7
Descrente deste mundo
Dm7 G11 G7b9 Em7 A7
Ao encontrar você eu conheci
Dm7 G11 G7b9 (C6)
O que é felicidade, meu amor

After playing this rather complicated song, you can relax by playing some easy guitar tab.

Corcovado lyrics

The song Corcovado chords is composed of four verses.

The lyrics are simple :

Verse 1

Um cantinho, um violão
Esse amor, uma canção
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama

Verse 2

Muita calma pra pensar
E ter tempo pra sonhar
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado
O Redentor, que lindo !

Verse 3

Quero a vida sempre assim
Com você perto de mim
Até o apagar da velha chama

Verse 4

E eu que era triste
Descrente deste mundo
Ao encontrar você eu conheci
O que é felicidade, meu amor

Play the song of the band Mecano Hijo de la Luna chords.


This score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the song of Corcovado chords by Antonio Carlos Jobim on guitar.