The Girl from Ipanema — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes — key of F (bossa), form A. Below is the full chord grid; on Haute Gitanerie you can play along with a scrolling chord ribbon, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and switch on a rhythm backing (la pompe) to practise your solos over the changes.
The Girl from Ipanema chords — the grille
A : | F | F | G7 | G7 | Gm | G♭7 | F | F#7 | F | F | G7 | G7 | Gm | G♭7 | F | F | F# | F# | B7 | B7 | F#m | F#m | D7 | D7 | Gm | Gm | E♭7 | E♭7 | Am | D7♭9 | Gm | C7♭9 | F | F | G7 | G7 | Gm | G♭7 | F | F |
Chords used
F · G7 · Gm · G♭7 · F# · B7 · F#m · D7 · E♭7 · Am · D7♭9 · C7♭9
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play The Girl from Ipanema with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.