One Note Samba


One Note Samba by Antonio Carlos Jobim C#m7 C7 This is just a little samba, B7/4 Bb7/-5 Built upon a single note C#m7 C7 Other notes are bound to follow, B7/4 Bb7/-5 But the root is still that note Em7/9 A7/+5 Now this new one is the consequence, Dmaj7 Dm7 G7 Of the one we've just been through C#m7 C7 B7/4 Bb7/-5 A6/9 As I'm bound to be the unavoidable consequence of you Dm7 G7 There's so many people who can talk Cmaj7 And talk and talk and just say nothing, Or nearly nothing Cm7 F7 I have used up all the scale I know, Bbmaj7 And at the end I've come to nothing, Bdim Bb7/-5 Or nearly no.....thing C#m7 C7 So I came back to my first note, B7/4 Bb7/-5 As I must come back to you C#m7 C7 I will pour into that one note, B7/4 Bb7/-5 All the love I feel for you Em7/9 A7/+5 Anyone who wants the whole show, Dmaj7 Dm7 G7 Re mi fa sol la si do C6 B7 He will find himself with no show, Bbmaj7* A7 Better play the note you know