Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song of Bossa Nova Manha de Carnaval chords by Luiz Bonfá on guitar.
PDF score to play Manha de Carnaval on guitar
Manha de Carnaval with chords
Introduction of Manha de Carnaval with chords
Our introduction of the Bossa Nova Manha de Carnaval chords are the chords of the following tab. Three are repeated at the end of the intro (Em, F#° and B7) and you can play this with your guitar until you start singing with the lyrics :
First verse of the Luiz Bonfá music with lyrics
The first verse of Manha de Carnaval of Luiz Bonfá with lyrics has several chords but don’t worry, there are not so many. I only put the new ones you have to know with your guitar to play this first verse :
When you master those, you can follow the next tab to play the first verse of this Bossa Nova :
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.
Second verse of Manha de Carnaval with chords and lyrics
The second verse of this Luiz Bonfá Manha de Carnaval starts the same way but the chords change. I only give you the new chords that you will have to know in guitar for playing this second verse (the ones you already know have to be ready) :
When you master this chords, you can continue and play this tab :
Last verse of the Luiz Bonfa music with chords
Now, you have three options :
1 : You can restart the song Manha de Carnaval chords from the beginning singing the same two verses.
2 : You can restart the same melody singing the second part (or second version) with different lyrics.
3 : You can finish the song and in this case, you have to play this last verse with your guitar.
The final verse is simple. You already know the chords. You only have to follow the next tab :
If you like the Bossa Nova guitar tab, you can try to play another famous song Mas que nada.
Manha de Carnaval by Luiz Bonfá with lyrics
The song Manha de Carnaval chords by Luiz Bonfá is composed of two parts (each including two verses and a “remate”).
Generally, these two parts are not mixed. Some singers have preferred to sing the first, others the second. Thus these two parts gave birth to two different versions.
The structure of the lyrics is simple:
Verse 1 – Verse 2 – Verse 3
Part 1 (version 1 )
Manhã, tão bonita manhã
De um dia feliz… que chegou
O sol no céu surgiu
Em cada cor brilhou
Voltou o sonho então…
ao coração
Depois deste dia feliz
No sei… se outro dia havera
E nossa manhã… tão bela afinal
Manhã… de carnaval
Canta o meu coração
Alegria voltou
Tão feliz a manhã deste amor.
Part 2 (version 2)
Manhã tão bonita manhã
Na vida uma nova canção
Cantando so teus olhos
Teu riso, tuas mãos
Pois ha de haver um dia…
em que viras
Das cordas de meu violão
Que so… teu amor procurou
Vem… uma voz,
falar dos beijos perdidos
Nos labios teus
Canta o meu coração
Alegria voltou
Tão feliz a manhã deste amor.
You can try to improvise on this song with a flamenco guitar scale.
Manha de Carnaval history
The song Manha de Carnaval chords, composed by Luiz Bonfa (with lyrics) is the main theme of the French-Italian-Brazilian musical film Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus (1959). The film won the Palme d’or at the Festival de Cannes the year of its release.
This guitar music was quickly recognized internationally and contributed to the emergence of a new revolutionary Brazilian musical movement mixing Jazz and Samba : the Bossa Nova.
Manha de Carnaval was also played in Bossa Nova by Baden Powell, in Jazz by Stan Getz, in Gipsy Jazz by Stochelo Rosenberg and in Flamenco style by Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin.
Our score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the song of Bossa Nova Manha de Carnaval chords by Luiz Bonfá on guitar.
