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==The Girl From Impanema=====
Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim
===Key:G===Tempo:120===
Sung by Astrid Gilbert
Sax solo by Stan Getz [?]
GMaj7GMaj7/A |Ab13 |GMaj7GMaj7/A |Ab13
[intro]
GMaj7 |GMaj7 |A7 |A7
Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Impanema goes walking
and
Am7 |D7b5 |GMaj7 |Ab13
when she passes each one she passes, goes "Ahh".
GMaj7 |GMaj7 |A7 |A7
When she walks she's like a samba that swings so cool & sways so
gentle that
Am7 |D7b5 |GMaj7 |GMaj7
when she passes, each one she passes goes, "Ahh!!".
Fm9 |Fm9 |Db9 |Db9
[VIII] Oh, but I watch her so [IV] sadly
G#m9 |G#m9 |E9 |E9
[XI] How...........can I tell her I [VII] love her?
Am9 |Am9 |F9 |F9
[XII] Yes..... I would give my heart [VIII] gladly, but each
Bm7 |E9 |Am7 |D9
[all @ VII] day when she walks to the sea, she lks straight ahead,
not at me
GMaj7 |GMaj7 |A7 |A7
Tall and tan and young and lovely, the Girl from Impanema goes walking
and
Am7 |D7b5 |GMaj7 |D7b5
when she passes, I smile, but she doesn't see she just doesn't
GMaj7 |D7b5 |GMaj7 |
see no, she doesn't see [end]