The Girl From Ipanema Chords

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In this lesson you will learn to play the original chords and bossa nova guitar patterns of
the classic bossa song The Girl from Ipanema, written by Antonio Carlos Jobim (music)
and Vinicius de Moraes (Portuguese lyrics).

The guitar rhythm pattern is fairly simple, the chords are as well. Note that most chord
voicings are played with the 5th in the bass.

The first A-section has a slight variation compared to the 2 following A-sections: starting
on bar 9, a chromatic Ebm9 to D9 to Db6/9 is played, where as in later A-sections, the
progression is replaced by Ab13sus4 to Ab13 to Db6/9.

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Some trivia about The Girl from Ipanema:

The song was inspired by a Brazilian

girl named Helô Pinheiro, who
regularly strolled by the Veloso bar
where Jobim and Vinicius
frequented. When interviewed later,
she told the reporter she would
walk by the bar to buy cigarettes
for her mother. She also claims she
was the first woman on the beach
to wear a 2-piece bathing suit.
Helô became the Brazilian Playboy
Playmate in 1987 and 2003.
In 2001, Helô was sued by the
heirs of the composers for using
the title of the song as the name of
her boutique in Sao Paulo. Helô
Pinheiro won the case.
The Girl from Ipanema has been
made famous by the recording of
Stan Getz and João Gilberto. For
the vocals, they first had Sarah
Vaughan in mind, but they
eventually convinced Gilberto’s
wife, Astrud Gilberto, to do the
singing. Astrud had never sung
professionally, her first recording
became one of the best-selling jazz
albums of all time.

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The Rio de Janeiro district called
Ipanema was not a well-known
area back then. The song made it
the famous beach it is today. The
street of the Veloso bar has been
renamed to Vinicius de Moraes
street.

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