THE GIRLS FROM IPANEMA
Eduardo, a Brazilian-Australian, met Roberto Hernandez, right, through music. His Brazilian version of The Girl From Ipanema is a delight to Hernandez. Two lady friends of Eduardo joined the fun singing popular songs for an hour of live music and sing-along. (Photo by Joselito Marcos)
BRAZILIAN VERSION OF
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
IN THEIR last few hours in Australia after participating in the 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship and Gold Coast Open, Roberto Hernandez and Joselito Marcos have stroll the surroundings of YHA Hostel where Lito stayed for more than 10 days. They spent the AU$15.00 given by Raymond Lapitan as taxi payment of Hernandez in going to Gold Coast domestic airport to buy hotdog sandwich and drinks. The airport is just a 5-minute walk away from YHA.
At about 11:00 pm, they go back to YHA and check the bar where there is an old piano, a table for ping pong or table tennis and a small restaurant where a birthday party is being held.
Roberto tested the piano. About 8-10 keys are not functioning and most of the keys need tuning. Two of the three damper pedals are defective. The sustain pedal is fixed at sustain so even if you don’t step on it, the keys are still in sustain.
Roberto started playing it. Lito is taking some pictures of Roberto when a 2-year old blonde boy sits beside Roberto, who accommodated him and they played “Chopstick”together with him playing the accompaniment and holding the forefinger and middle finger of the boy to play the melody.
The father of the boy Eduardo, a Brazilian-Australian, jammed with Roberto. He sang the Brazilian version of “The Girl From Ipanema”. It’s the first time that Roberto heard its fantastic Brazilian version.
Two lady friends of Eduardo joined them and they sing all together “Hotel California” and other popular songs till 12 midnight to the delight of other guests/occupants.
The landlord of YHA also joined the jamming and singing but he advised them that they must stop at 12 midnight so that the other sleeping guests will not be disturbed.
They didn’t notice the many defects of the piano because Roberto easily adjusted to avoid playing the defective keys. Had he brought the piano tuning hammer, he should have tuned it for free.
While Roberto is having a good time with Eduardo, the ladies and the landlord, Lito is also enjoying playing table tennis with an Australian guy.
Here are the English lyrics of The Girl From Ipanema, composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and words by N. Gimbel and V. de Morales. It’s in 1963 and recorded by various artists: (Astrud Gilberto, etc.....)
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
FM7 G7 Gm7
TALL AND TAN AND YOUNG AND LOVELY, THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA GOES WALKING, AND WHEN SHE
F#7 FM7 F#7
PASSES, EACH ONE SHE PASSES GOES “AH”.FM7 G7 Gm7
WHEN SHE WALKS SHE’S LIKE A SAMBA THAT SWINGS SO COOL AND SWAYS SO GENTLE, THAT WHEN SHE
F#7 FM7
PASSES, EACH ONE SHE PASSES GOES “AH”.
(REFRAIN)
F#M7 F#m7 D7 Gm
OH, BUT I WATCH HER SO SADLY. HOW CAN I TELL HER I LOVE HER? YES, I WOULD GIVE MY HEART
Eb7 Am7 D7 Gm7 C7
GLADLY, BUT EACH DAY WHEN SHE WALKS TO THE SEA, SHE LOOKS STRAIGHT AHEAD NOT AT ME.
FM7 G7 Gm7
TALL AND TAN AND YOUNG AND LOVELY, THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA GOES WALKING, AND WHEN SHE
F#7 FM7 F#7
PASSES I SMILE, BUT SHE JUST DOESN’T SEE.
(REPEAT FROM THE BEGINNING)
FM7 F#7 FM7 F#7 FM7
CODA: SHE JUST DOESN’T SEE. NO, SHE JUST DOESN’T SEE.
Source: Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 8-9
Volume 21 Issue 34
May 31, 2012
Testing the defective piano
Source: Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 8-9
Volume 21 Issue 34
May 31, 2012
Eduardo -Brazilian-Australian
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