Desafinado (Out Of Tune) Transcribed

This is probably one of Bossa Nova's most famous tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim, i particularly like the version by duet George Michael and Bebel Gilberto. Very light floating sort of tune.
This colour indicates keys with octave depressed.

Se voc� disser que eu desafino, amor
A B C# D C#     B A# B D A# A#

Saiba que isso em mim provoca imensa dor
B C# D E D    C# C C#    B C C

So privilegiados t�m ouvido igual ao seu
B A G F# E G     F# C# D    D# F# D#     B C

Eu possuo apenas o que Deus me deu
F    E D B F    E D B D D A#

Se voc� insisted em classificar
A B E D C#    B A# B D A# A#

meu comportamento de antimusical
C# B C# E D# D C# C C# B C C

Eu mesmo mentindo Devo argumentar
A     G F# E    G    F# E    D E    F# F E F E

Que isto � bossa nova
Que isto � muito natural
D C#    C# C# C# C# C#    A B C#    D C# D C#

O que voc� nao sabe nem sequer pressente
C#    C# C# D# C#    C# D#    D C#    G# C#    C#

� que os desafinados tamb�m t�m um cora�ao
C# C# D# E# F# G#   F#     A B C#    C# C# A# C#

Fotografei voc� na minha Rolleyflex
C# E F#    E    F# E    D C# D E B F#

Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratidao
E F# G F#    G    F# A G F# G E


(Alto Sax Solo 16 Measures of Free Expression )


So nao podera falar assim do meu amor
A B E D C#    B A# B D    B B A# B F# B

Este � o maior que voc� pode encontrar
B C# E D# D    C# C C# B A# A G# G

Voc� com a sua musica esqueceu o principal
F# A G F# E G F# E    D F# E D C# E

� que no peito dos desafinados
B C# D D D B D    D D D

No fundo do peito bate calado
D E D C# D     D D D E D    D

Que no peito dos desafinados tamb�m bate um cora�ao
D D D D D    B D C# C C# E    D    D C# D

This is fuckin difficult stuff i swear.. took me the whole entire afternoon since lunchtime.. and damn i havent had lunch yet! i'm freakin hungry.. and my butt's aching.. wat's next? The Girl From Ipanema? yeah perhaps~ but i'll take a break first, this one really drained me.

there's no particular key or rather there is, but i havent identified it yet. it's played in a combination of modes and uses the whole chromatic scale of 12 notes: A B C D E F G A# C# D# F# G#. Thats the beauty of such music cos you use all the 12 notes instead of in most pop and rock where u just use notes in the scale, more often than not major scale and it gets boring.

playing music in the chromatic scale opens up lots of avenues~ jazz pianists and guitarists or basically any instruments with strings have the most fun because they can come up with all sorts of chords~ saxes cant cos they arent chordal instruments~