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Girl From Ipanema Bass Tab by Astrud Gilberto

Girl From Ipanema bass tab by Astrud Gilberto

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GAROTA DE IPANEMA – Jao Gilbert – Astrud Gilberto / Stan Getz– BASS
(KEY OF Db like the original of Carlos Jobim)

Intro: 00:01    guitar playing:
Sim doum doum
Sim doum doum

Verse1: 00:09
Olha que coisa mais linda
Mais cheia de graça
É ela menina
Que vem e que passa
Num doce balanço
Caminho do mar

Bass start: 00:24
  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
Moça do corpo dourado, Do sol de Ipanema
                           O seu balançado
                           É mais que um
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
   Bb          Eb         Db                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-------6-6-|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-4r-4------|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-----------|-4r-4------|-
poema    É a coisa mais linda    Que eu já vi passar

Chorus: 00:38
   A                                      D
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------7--7------7--5---|-
A|-------7--7------5-3-4-|-5r-x------5--5------7-|-
E|-5r-x-------5--7-------|-----------------------|-
Ah! porque estou tão sozinho
   G                                      C
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------5--5------5--3---|-
A|-------5--5------5-1-2-|-3r-3------3--3------5-|-
E|-3r-3-------3--3-------|-----------------------|-
Ah! porque tudo é tão triste
   Bb                             Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-------8--8------8-4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-6r-6-------6--6-------|-----------------------|-
Ah! a beleza que existe
A             D
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------7--|-
A|-------7-7-|-5r-------5|-
E|-5r-5------|-----------|-
A beleza que não é só minha
   G                 C
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------5-7|-
A|-------5-5-|-3r--------|-
E|-3r-3------|-----------|-
Que também passa sozinha

Verse2: 01:09 (1/2 verse)
  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
Ah! Se ela soubesse, Que quando ela passa
                            O mundo sorrindo
                            Se enche de graça

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-
E fica mais lindo
Por causa do amor

Verse3: 01:23 (English verse)
  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking and

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-
When she passes, each one she passes goes "ah"

  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
When she walks, she's like a samba
That swings so cool and sways so gentle that…

   Bb          Eb         Db                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-------6-6-|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-4r-4------|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-----------|-4r-4------|-
When she passes, each one she passes goes… "ah"

>> CH
Chorus: 01:52
   A                                      D
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------7--7------7--5---|-
A|-------7--7------5-3-4-|-5r-x------5--5------7-|-
E|-5r-x-------5--7-------|-----------------------|-
Oh, But he watched her so sadly

   G                                      C
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------5--5------5--3---|-
A|-------5--5------5-1-2-|-3r-3------3--3------5-|-
E|-3r-3-------3--3-------|-----------------------|-
How can he tells her, "he loves her ?"

Bb                                Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-------8--8------8-4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-6r-6-------6--6-------|-----------------------|-
Yes, he would give his heart gladly

   A           D
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------7--|-
A|-------7-7-|-5r-------5|-
E|-5r-5------|-----------|-
But each day, when she walks to the sea

   G                 C
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------5-7|-
A|-------5-5-|-3r--------|-
E|-3r-3------|-----------|-
She looks straight ahead, not at he…


Verse4: 01:09 (1/2 verse)
  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking and

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-
When she passes, he smiles but she doesn't see…


>>> INST


Instrumental: 02:37 (Saxophone) Play Verse + Chorus
Verse:
Db                         Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-
  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
   Bb          Eb         Db                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-------6-6-|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-4r-4------|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-----------|-4r-4------|-

Chorus: 03:06
   A                                      D
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------7--7------7--5---|-
A|-------7--7------5-3-4-|-5r-x------5--5------7-|-
E|-5r-x-------5--7-------|-----------------------|-
   G                                      C
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------5--5------5--3---|-
A|-------5--5------5-1-2-|-3r-3------3--3------5-|-
E|-3r-3-------3--3-------|-----------------------|-
   Bb                             Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-------8--8------8-4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-6r-6-------6--6-------|-----------------------|-
   A           D
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------7--|-
A|-------7-7-|-5r-------5|-
E|-5r-5------|-----------|-
   G                 C
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------5-7|-
A|-------5-5-|-3r--------|-
E|-3r-3------|-----------|-

Interlude: 03:35
Db                         Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-


Instrumental: 03:50 (piano) Play Verse only
Verse:
Db                         Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-

  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
   Bb          Eb         Db                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-------6-6-|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-4r-4------|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-----------|-4r-4------|-

Chorus: 04:19 (Reprise Vocals + sax)
   A                                      D
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------7--7------7--5---|-
A|-------7--7------5-3-4-|-5r-x------5--5------7-|-
E|-5r-x-------5--7-------|-----------------------|-
Oh, But he sees her so sadly
   G                                      C
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------5--5------5--3---|-
A|-------5--5------5-1-2-|-3r-3------3--3------5-|-
E|-3r-3-------3--3-------|-----------------------|-
How can he tells her, "he loves her ?"
   Bb                             Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-------8--8------8-4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-6r-6-------6--6-------|-----------------------|-
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
   A           D
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------7--|-
A|-------7-7-|-5r-------5|-
E|-5r-5------|-----------|-
But each day, when she walks to the sea

   G                 C
G|-----------|----7-5----|-
D|-----------|--------5-7|-
A|-------5-5-|-3r--------|-
E|-3r-3------|-----------|-
She looks straight ahead, not at he…

Verse5: 04:49 (1/2 verse)
  Db                       Eb
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-------6--6------6-----|------8--8------8--6---|-
A|-4r-4-------4--4---4-5-|-6r-6------6--6------8-|-
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking and

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-------8-8-|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------8-8-|-6r-6------|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-6r-6------|-----------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-
When she passes, he smiles but she doesn't see…

   Bb          Eb         Ab                Ab
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
A|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-------6-6-|-
E|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-4r-4------|-
She just doesn't see…
She doesn’t see
She doesn’t see
No, she doesn’t see…


End: 05:31

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