Girl/Guy from Ipanema

[greekspeak]

Does this song not totally kick some serious butt? Gives me the chills every time I hear it!

[babylonsister]

1. My dad used to sing this song to my mom when

I was about 8. I'm pushing 50. Yes, many memories there, and it kicks heiny!

[cleofus1]

2. simply marvelous

The Girl From Ipanema
(Garota De Ipanema)

Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Original words by Vinicius de Moraes
English Translation by Norman Gimbel


Bossa Nova in half-time (4/4 -> 2/4)
Key: F major

Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl
from Ipanema goes walking, and when
she passes, each one she passes goes
a-a-h...

When she walks she's like a samba that
swings so cool and sways so gentle, that when
she passes, each one she passes goes
a-a-h...

Oh, but I watch her so
sadly.
How can I tell her I
love her?
Yes, I would give my heart
gladly. But each
day when she walks to the sea, she
looks straight ahead not at me.

Tall and tan and young and lovely the girl
from Ipanema goes walking, and when
she passes I smile, but she doesn't
see. : first time through.

Repeat from beginning.

... see. She just doesn't : second time through.
see. No, she doesn't
see.

[LouisianaLiberal]

3. Astrud Gilberto

Such a beautiful, sensuous voice. The Blues Brothers elevator muzak version kind of sucked.