One Note Samba
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
Portuguese lyrics by Antonio Carlos Jobim
        Dbm7          C7           B7/4          Bb7/-5
This is just a little samba, Built upon a single note
      Dbm7               C7              B7/4               Bb7/-5
Other notes are bound to follow, But the root is still that note
         Em9            A7/+5               Dmaj7               Dm7     G7
Now this new one is the consequence, Of the one we've just been through
       Dbm7     C7     B7/4        Bb7/-5         A6/9
As I'm bound to be the unavoidable consequence of you
Dm7                            G7                                  Cmaj7
There's so many people who can talk and talk and talk and just say nothing, Or nearly nothing
Cm7                            F7                                Bbmaj7             Bdim Bb7
I have used up all the scale I know, And at the end I've come to nothing, Or nearly no-  thing
     Dbm7              C7             B7/4              Bb7/-5
So I came back to my first note, As I must come back to you
       Dbm7           C7                B7/4            Bb7/-5
I will pour into that one note, All the love I feel for you
   Em9               A7/+5             Dmaj7        Dm7 G7
Anyone who wants the whole show, Re mi fa sol la si do
        C6                B7              Bbmaj7            A7
He will find himself with no show, Better play the note you know

 

 

Transcribed from

Desafinado - Joao Gilberto

Transcribed by Bossa Nova Guitar®, 1998-2001.