Ella Fitzgerald – Desafinado (Guitar)

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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]
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

         G7
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]
         G7
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.