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The Girl From Ipanema

Here is our "Unplugged" arrangement of Antonio Carlos Jobim's Bossa Nova classic The Girl From Ipanema. The song is played in a moderate 4/4 Bossa Nova tempo. The original is essentially a piano tune. Bossa Nova is a musical style that originated in the late 1950s in Brazil which fused the Samba with jazz elements. The most interesting substitutions are the "C#m9" for the "E6/9" chord and the "A13" for the "F#13" chord. You can vamp on the C#m9 chord until you're ready to start. The chord fingerings I use are shown below followed by the A and B section chord progressions.

Chord Fingerings

       C#m9   A13    F#m9   F7#9   F7b5   Dm9    A#13   
E-------4------7------4------4-------------5------8-------
B-------4------7------2------4------0------5------8-------
G-------4------6------2------2------2------5------7-------
D-------2------5------2-------------1------3------6-------
A-------4-------------4------3-------------5--------------
E--------------5------2------1------1-------------6-------

       Fm9    C#13   D13    G#m7  C#7b9   F#m7   B7b9
E-------3------6------7------4-------------2--------------
B-------1------6------7------4------3------2------1-------
G-------1------4------5------4------4------2------2-------
D-------1------3------4------4------3------2------1-------
A-------3------4------5-------------4-------------2-------
E-------1--------------------4-------------2--------------

Chord Progression

A

| C#m9  / / / |     / / / / | A13   / / / |     / / / / |

| F#m9  / / / | F7#9  / / / | C#m9  / / / | F7b5  / / / |

| C#m9  / / / |     / / / / | A13   / / / |     / / / / |

| F#m9  / / / | F7#9  / / / | C#m9  / / / |     / / / / ||

B

| Dm9   / / / |     / / / / | A#13  / / / |     / / / / |

| Fm9   / / / |     / / / / | C#13  / / / |     / / / / |

| F#m9  / / / |     / / / / | D13   / / / |     / / / / |

| G#m7  / / / | C#7b9 / / / | F#m7  / / / | B7b9  / / / ||