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Girl From Ipanema - Transcription 1

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Bbmaj7
Ab13
Abm7
Db7
Gb69
Db7+5

Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking as she passes, each one she passes goes-ah(2b 7b5)

Gmaj7
C7
Bbmaj7
Eb7
Bmaj7
E7

(Ooh) But I watch her so sadly, how can I tell her I love her (F#m7) Yes I would give my heart gladly

Bbm6
Abm6

But each day, when she walks to the sea She looks straight ahead, not at me

Bbmaj7
C7
B7+5
Bbmaj7

Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking as she passes, each one she passes goes - ah (7b5)

Bbmaj7
C7
Bbmaj7

Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking as she passes, each one she passes goes - ah (7b5)

The Girl from Ipanema is a an AABA song form. The A sections are a I II7 ii bII7b5 I progression with the bII7b5 being a tritone sub for a V. A1 turns back to the I using the bII7b5 tritone.

In the original key of F major this is: Fmaj7 G7 Gm7 Gb7b5 1st ending) Fmaj7 Gb7b5 2nd ending) Fmaj7

The B section modulates up a half step to Gbmaj7 B7 F#m7 D7 Gm7 Eb7.

The B section finishes with a III VI7 II V7 to the last A section Am7 D7 Gm7 C7.
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