Also under the title "Off Key"
Albums: Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979)
The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995)
Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (2010)
Lyrics: Gene Lees
Same melody as Desafinado, except for the intro and the ending.
[Chords]
For the intro:
Em: 022000
Gm7: 3x333x
Gb7: 2x232x
Fmaj7: 1x221x
Cm: 335443
B7: 224242
Gbm7: 2x222x
Gm6: 3x233x
A7: 5x565x
Dm7: 557565
E7: x7675x
Amaj7: 5x665x
Ab7: 4x454x
Gmaj7: 3x343x
For verses 1 and 2:
G7(b5): 3x342x
C9: 3x233x
Am7-5: 5x554x
D7b9: 5x454x
A7b9: x4535x
Dmaj9: 5x465x
G7: 3x343x
Gbmaj7: 2x332x
A7#5: 5x566x
For the bridge:
Ab7#5: 4x455x
G13: 3x345x
A#dim7: 6X565X
Bm11: 7x775x
Am9: 7x555x
Bb7(b5): 6x675x
Cmaj7: 8x998x
Dbdim7: 9x898x
Ebm6: 46456x
Ab9: 46454x
C7b9: 3x232x
For the last verse:
C7: 335353
Bbmaj7: 6x776x
Bbm6: 6x566x
Am7: 5x555x
Adim7: 5x454x
Cm7: 335343
Intro
[Em] [Gm7] [Gb7]
When I try to sing you say I'm off key.
[Fmaj7] [Cm] [B7]
Why can't you see how much this hurts me?
[Gbm7] [Gm7] [A7]
With your perfect beauty and your perfect pitch,
[Dm7] [E7]
You're a perfect terror,
[Amaj7] [Ab7] [Gmaj7] [Gb7]
When I come around must you always put me down?
Verse 1
[Fmaj7] [G7(b5)]
If you say my singing is off key, my love.
[Gm7] [C9] [Am7b5] [D7b9]
You will hurt my feelings, don't you see, my love?
[Gm7] [A7b9] [Dmaj9] [D7b9]
I wish I had an ear like yours, a voice that would behave.
[G7] [Gbmaj7] [Gb7(b5)]
All I have is feeling and the voice God gave.
Verse 2
[Fmaj7] [G7(b5)]
You insist my music goes against the rules.
[Gm7] [C9] [Am7b5] [D7b9]
Yes, but rules were never made for lovesick fools.
[Gm7] [A7(#5)] [Dm7] [E7]
I wrote this little song for you, but you don't care.
Bridge
[Amaj7] [Ab7(#5)] [G13] [Gb7]
Its a crooked song, ah, but all my heart is there.
[Amaj7] [A#dim7] [Bm11] [E7]
The thing that you would see if you would play your part
[Amaj7] [Am9] [Bm11] [Bb7(b5)]
Is, even if I'm out of tune, I have a gentle heart.
[Cmaj7] [Dbdim7] [Dm7] [G13]
I took your picture with my trusty Rolleiflex,
[Gm7] [Ebm6] [Ab9] [Gm7] [C7b9]
And now all I have developed is a complex.
Verse 3
[Fmaj7] [G7(b5)]
Possibly in vain, I hope you weaken, oh my love,
[Gm7] [C7] [Am7b5] [D7b9]
And forget those rigid rules that undermine my dream of
[Bbmaj7] [Bbm6] [Am7] [Adim7]
A life of love and music with someone who'll understand
[G7]
That even though I may be out of tune,
[Gbmaj7]
When I attempt to say how much I love you,
[G7] [Gm7] [C7]
All that matters is the message that I bring,
[Fmaj7] [Cm7] [Fmaj7]
Which is my dear one, I love you.
[Cm7] [Fmaj7] [Cm7] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7]
