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.
