Meditation

Words & Music by Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonca
Recorded by Doris Day, 1965

G6 Am7 D9 Cdim  Fdim   G6   Am7  D7/9
In     my lone - li - ness,

 D9          G6          Am7         D9
When you're gone and I'm all by my - self

      Bm7 Bm7-5       E7-9  E7
And I need your car - ess,

Am  Am+7  E   Cm7           Cm7-5
I        just think of you,

         Bm7          Bm7-5          E7-9   E7
And the thought of you hold - ing me near,

          Am7            Am7-5             D7
Makes my lone - li - ness soon dis - ap - pear.


 G6    Am7   D9  Cdim Fdim   G6   Am7  D7/9
Though     you're far   a - way,

D9      G6      Am7      D9       Bm7     Bm7-5   E7-9  E7
I have on - ly close my eyes, and you are back to stay

Am  Am+7  E   Cm7           Cm7-5
I       just close my eyes

        Bm7            Bm7-5            E7-9   E7
And the sad - ness that miss - ing you brings,

        Am7           Am7-5          D7
Soon is gone and this heart of mine sings.


Bridge:

CM7 CM7/6   Cm7        Cm7-5     Bm7    Bm7-5  E7-9    E7      Am7 Cdim
Yes,     I love you so,      and that for me is all I need to know,


G6 Am7 D9  Cdim Fdim  G6   Am7  D7/9
I     will wait for  you,

D9      G6              Am7        D9       Bm7      Bm7-5  E7-9  E7
'Til the sun falls from out of the sky, for what else can I  do?

Am  Am+7  E   Cm7         Cm7-5
I       will wait for you

          Bm7           Bm7-5          Am7          Cdim         G6
Med - i - ta - ting how sweet life will be when you come back to me.


*I couldn't have done this without seeing a chart posted on the Internet at www.bossanovaguitar.com (which has a large section devoted to the work of Antonio Carlos Jobim, the composer.) Numerous people have asked me for a version of his material over the years, and I've had to turn them down because so much of it is so far beyond my playing skills that there was no point in attempting to do charts. This chart is transposed from the one I found there, and modified only slightly.


 
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