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Desafinado

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Music: Antônio Carlos Jobim (1959)
English lyrics: Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh
It is interesting to note that Frank Sinatra sings another version of Desafinado, 
with  different lyrics (by Gene Lees) over the same melody: "Slightly out of Tune / Off Key".
Tom Jobim's original is written in F. I think it is easier to play it in F on the guitar.
Ella version (1962) is in Eb. So please transose -2 if you wish to sing exactly like Ella.
[Chords]
For the verses 1 and 2:
Fmaj7:    1x221x
G7(b5):   3x342x
Gm7:      3x333x
C9:       3x233x
Am7-5:    5x554x
D7b9:     5x454x
A7b9:     x4535x
Dmaj9:    5x465x
G7:       3x343x
Gbmaj7:   2x332x
A7#5:     5x566x
Dm7:      557565
E7:       x7675x
For the bridge:
Amaj7:    5x665x
Ab7#5:    4x455x
G13:      3x345x
Gb7:      2x232x
A#dim7:   6X565X
Bm11:     7x775x
Am9:      7x555x
Bb7(b5):  6x675x
Cmaj7:    8x998x
Dbdim7:   9x898x
Ebm6:     46456x
Ab9:      46454x
C7b9:     3x232x
For the verse 3 and the outro:
C7:       335353
Bbmaj7:   6x776x
Bbm6:     6x566x
Am7:      5x555x
Adim7:    5x454x
Cm7:      335343
F6:       1x021x
[Verse 1]
  Fmaj7Love is like a never-ending G7(b5)melody
  Gm7Poets have comC9pared it to a Am7b5symphonD7b9y
A Gm7symphony conA7b9ducted by the Dmaj9lighting of the D7b9moon
  G7But our song of love is Gbmaj7slightly out of Gb7(b5)tune
[Verse 2]
  Fmaj7Once your kisses raised me to a G7(b5)fever pitch
  Gm7Now the orchesC9tration doesn't Am7b5seem so D7b9rich
Gm7Seems to me you've A7(#5)changed the Dm11tune we Dm7used to E7sing
[Bridge]
  Amaj7Like the bossa Ab7(#5)nova,   G13love should Gb7swing
We Amaj7used to harmoBbdim7nize, two Bm11souls in perfect E7time
  Amaj7Now the song is Am9diff'rent and the Bm11words don't even Bb7(b5)rhyme
'Cause Cmaj7you forgot the Dbdim7melody our Dm7hearts would always G13croon
  Gm7And so what Ebm6good's a Ab9heart that's Gm7slightly out of C7b9tune
[Verse 3]
  Fmaj7Tune your heart to mine the way it G7(b5)used to be
  Gm7Join with me in C7harmony and Am7b5sing a song of D7b9loving
We're Bbmaj7bound to get in Bbm6tune, aAm7gain before too Adim7long
There'll G7be no desafinado
When your Gbmaj7heart belongs to me completely
Then G7you won't be   Gm7slightly out of C7tune
You'll Fmaj7sing  aC7b9long with Fmaj7me.
[Outro]
There'll G7be no desafinado
When your Gbmaj7heart belongs to me completely
Then G7you won't be   Gm7slightly out of C7tune
You'll Fmaj7sing  aC7b9long with Fmaj7me.
F6Sing   aC7b9long   with Fmaj7me //
F6Sing   aC7b9long   with Fmaj7me.F  

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Desafinado

by Ella Fitzgerald

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

G7(b5)

Gm7

Am7b5

D7b9

A7b9

Dmaj9

Gbmaj7

Gb7(b5)

A7(#5)

Dm11

Dm7

Amaj7

Ab7(#5)

G13

Gb7

Bbdim7

Bm11

Am9

Bb7(b5)

Cmaj7

Music: Antônio Carlos Jobim (1959)

English lyrics: Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh

It is interesting to note that Frank Sinatra sings another version of Desafinado,

with different lyrics (by Gene Lees) over the same melody: "Slightly out of Tune / Off Key".

Tom Jobim's original is written in F. I think it is easier to play it in F on the guitar.

Ella version (1962) is in Eb. So please transose -2 if you wish to sing exactly like Ella.

[Chords]

For the verses 1 and 2:

Fmaj7: 1x221x

G7(b5): 3x342x

Gm7: 3x333x

C9: 3x233x

Am7-5: 5x554x

D7b9: 5x454x

A7b9: x4535x

Dmaj9: 5x465x

G7: 3x343x

Gbmaj7: 2x332x

A7#5: 5x566x

Dm7: 557565

E7: x7675x

For the bridge:

Amaj7: 5x665x

Ab7#5: 4x455x

G13: 3x345x

Gb7: 2x232x

A#dim7: 6X565X

Bm11: 7x775x

Am9: 7x555x

Bb7(b5): 6x675x

Cmaj7: 8x998x

Dbdim7: 9x898x

Ebm6: 46456x

Ab9: 46454x

C7b9: 3x232x

For the verse 3 and the outro:

C7: 335353

Bbmaj7: 6x776x

Bbm6: 6x566x

Am7: 5x555x

Adim7: 5x454x

Cm7: 335343

F6: 1x021x

[Verse 1]

Fmaj7 G7(b5)

Love is like a never-ending melody

Gm7 C9 Am7b5 D7b9

Poets have compared it to a symphony

Gm7 A7b9 Dmaj9 D7b9

A symphony conducted by the lighting of the moon

G7 Gbmaj7 Gb7(b5)

But our song of love is slightly out of tune

[Verse 2]

Fmaj7 G7(b5)

Once your kisses raised me to a fever pitch

Gm7 C9 Am7b5 D7b9

Now the orchestration doesn't seem so rich

Gm7 A7(#5) Dm11 Dm7 E7

Seems to me you've changed the tune we used to sing

[Bridge]

Amaj7 Ab7(#5) G13 Gb7

Like the bossa nova, love should swing

Amaj7 Bbdim7 Bm11 E7

We used to harmonize, two souls in perfect time

Amaj7 Am9 Bm11 Bb7(b5)

Now the song is diff'rent and the words don't even rhyme

Cmaj7 Dbdim7 Dm7 G13

'Cause you forgot the melody our hearts would always croon

Gm7 Ebm6 Ab9 Gm7 C7b9

And so what good's a heart that's slightly out of tune

[Verse 3]

Fmaj7 G7(b5)

Tune your heart to mine the way it used to be

Gm7 C7 Am7b5 D7b9

Join with me in harmony and sing a song of loving

Bbmaj7 Bbm6 Am7 Adim7

We're bound to get in tune, again before too long

There'll be no desafinado

Gbmaj7

When your heart belongs to me completely

G7 Gm7 C7

Then you won't be slightly out of tune

Fmaj7 C7b9 Fmaj7

You'll sing along with me.

[Outro]

There'll be no desafinado

Gbmaj7

When your heart belongs to me completely

G7 Gm7 C7

Then you won't be slightly out of tune

Fmaj7 C7b9 Fmaj7

You'll sing along with me.

F6 C7b9 Fmaj7

Sing along with me //

F6 C7b9 Fmaj7 F

Sing along with me.

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