The Girl From Ipanema Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the Bossa Nova The Girl From Ipanema chords by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes on guitar.

PDF score to play The Girl from Ipanema on guitar

The Girl From Ipanema with chords

Verse 1 of The Girl from Ipanema with chords

The first verse of Girl from Ipanema chords does not have so many chords. Besides, they are the same for all the verses.

Here are the positions you will have to know with your guitar for this first verse :

chords the girl from ipanema

When you master those chords, you can follow the next tab to play verse 1.

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.

guitar the girl from Ipanema
Tab text
F7M G6/7
Olha que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça
G7#5 Gm
É ela, menina, que vem e que passa
C7b9 Am11 Ab7b5 Gm11 F#7b5
Num doce balanço a caminho do mar

Second and third verse of The Girl from Ipanema on guitar

As I said before, the chords of this The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes are the same as in the first verse, only the end is different : the last are not played on guitar, but it ends with the F7M.

chords guitar
Tab text
F7M G6/7
Moça do corpo dourado, do Sol de Ipanema
G7#5 Gm
O seu balançado é mais que um poema
C7b9 F7M
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar

Bridge of The Girl From Ipanema by Jobim and De Moraes

The bridge of The Girl From Ipanema chords is a bit more difficult. But you will see that there is a logic to it : it’s the same chords repeated but going up a half-tone.

You will have to know the new before you start to play the bridge on guitar :

chords bossa nova

When you master those, you can follow the next tab :

lyrics the girl from ipanema
Tab text
F#7M B9
Ah, por que estou tão sozinho?
F#m D9
Ah, por que tudo é tão triste?
Gm D#9
Ah, a beleza que existe
Am D7b9
A beleza que não é só minha
Gm C7b9
Que também passa sozinha

You can play other Bossa Nova tabs like the standard Wave.

The Girl From Ipanema lyrics

The song Girl From Ipanema chords, that was also sung by João Gilberto, Franck Sinatra or played by Stan Getz, is composed by three verses and a bridge.

The structure of the lyrics is simple :

Verse 1 – Verse 2 – Pont – Verse 3

Verse 1

Olha que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça
É ela, menina, que vem e que passa
Num doce balanço a caminho do mar

Verse 2

Moça do corpo dourado, do Sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado é mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar

Bridge

Ah, por que estou tão sozinho?
Ah, por que tudo é tão triste?
Ah, a beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha
Que também passa sozinha

Verse 3

Ah, se ela soubesse que quando ela passa
O mundo inteirinho se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo por causa do amor

If it’s complicated for you, you can try to play our easy guitar chords.


Our score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the Bossa Nova Girl From Ipanema chords by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes on guitar.