Once I Loved chords by Jobim Antonio Carlos

Title:  Once I Loved
Portuguese title: O Amor en Paz
Composer: Antonio Carlos ("Tom") Jobim

Playing notes

I have put an alternation of Ma7 and Ma6 in a few
locations where
there are two consecutive measures (bars) of a major
chord. Ma7 and Ma6 are similar
and this substitution is always possible.

This is a taste issue, you could as easily use just
Ma7 or a major triad.
Although a triad will seem weak for this kind of Bossa
Nova piece.

Similarly, where I have indicated minor rather then
min7, it is because I like to hear
a simple minor chord in that spot; it is nice on the
guitar (especially nylon string).
You could substitute a min7 in its place.

Eu coloquei ambos Ma7 e Ma6 numos lugares neste
cancao. Cuando aparece
uma chord maior em dois bars consecutivos, quase
sempre este substitution seja possivel.
Este e um situacao do meu gusto. Claro que se pode
tocar Ma7 todos nestes lugares.

E tambem, se seja situacao de minor sem que tem 7, eu
ponho este porque gostou este tipo de son no violao.
Especialmente no violao "classico." Como antes, voce
pode usar a min7 se voce gostaria.

🏷Legend
Ma7 = major 7  - major chord with an added major
seventh
min7 = minor chord with a (minor) seventh
min = minor chord without a seventh
dim7 = diminished seventh chord
x = string not played or muted
Key: D minor (ends on D minor)
Meter: 4/4

Tempo: slow to moderate

Bar lines are  indicated by (|)

Chords for "O Amor en Paz" (Once I Loved)

Once....   I
Gm7  | C7 |

Loved...
FMa7  | F#dim7  | Gmin7 | G#dim7  |  Amin7   | FMa7
|
Fmin7 | Bb7 | EbMa7 | Eb6 | Emin7b5 | A7  (or: A7b9) |
Dmin | D7b9 |

Second verse:
Gm7  | C7 | FMa7  | F#dim7  | Gmin7 | G#dim7 | Amin7
|  FMa7   |
Fmin7 | Bb7 | EbMa7 | Eb6 | Emin7b5 | A7b9  | Dmin |
Dmin7 G7 |

CMa7 | Cmin7 F7 | BbMa7 | Bb6 |  Bdim7 | BbMin | Amin
| G#dim7 | Gmin6 (or : Emin7b5) |
A7b9 | Dminor | D7  (D7b9) |
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Chord positions

Strings are from low to high, left to right: E A D G B
E

Gmin7
---------------
3 x 3 3 3 x - Frets

C7(with 9)
---------------
x 3 2 3 3 3

FMa7
---------------
1 x 2 2 1 x

F#dim7
---------------
2 x 1 2 1 x

Gmin7
---------------
3 x 3 3 3 x - Frets

G#dim7
---------------
4 x 3 4 3 x

Amin7
---------------
5 x 5 5 5 x

Fmin7
-----------------
x 8 10  8 9  x

Bb7
---------------
6 x 6 7 6 x

EbMa7
---------------
x 6 8 7 8 x

Eb6
---------------
x 6 5 5 4  x

Emin7b5
---------------
x 7 8 7 8  x

A7b9
---------------
x 0 2 3 2 0

A7
---------------
x 0 2 0 2 0

Dmin
-----------
x 5 7 7 6 5

D7b9
----------------
x 5 4  5 4 x

Dmin7
-----------
x 5 7 5 6 x

G7
------------------
3 x 3 4 3 x

Cmaj7
---------------
x 3 2 0 0 0

Cm7
---------------
x 3 1 0 1 x

F7
------------------
1 x 1 2 1 x

BbMa
----------------
6 x  7 7 6 x

Bdim7
----------------
7 x 6 7 6 x

Bbmin
----------------
6 8 8 6 6 6

Gmin6
----------------
3 x 2 3 3 x





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