So Nice (Summer Samba)

Words & Music by Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle
Recorded by Astrud Gilberto, 1965


D9      D6  DM7 D7   D6      D9       D6  DM7  D7 D6      
Someone to hold me tight -- that would be ve - ry nice 

Bm7-5   Dm6 Dm+7    Dm6     E7-9      Dm6 Dm+7 Dm7 Dm6     
Someone to love me right -- that would be ver - y  nice 

 G     G5  G6 GM7  Fdim    G5   G    G5     G6 GM7  Fdim G5   
Some - one to  un - der - stand each lit - tle dream in  me

Gm7    Em7 Fdim    Em7  Gm7   Em7 Fdim     Em7
Someone to take my hand and be a  team with me

Dalt D6  Cdim            B7    GM7  GM7/F#  Em7/9
 So nice,     life would be so nice 

Cdim(IV) Fdim(III) Gdim Cdim  Em7    G6
  If        one    day   I'd find

D       F#m       Bm      Bm7/E     G    G/F#    Cdim Fdim A7
Someone who would take my hand and samba through life with me


D9      D6  DM7  D7 D6    D9      D6  DM7  D7 D6      
Someone to cling to me, stay with me right or wrong 

Bm7-5   Dm6 Dm+7  Dm6 E7-9    Dm6 Dm+7 Dm7 Dm6     
Someone to sing to me some little sam - ba song 

 G  G5  G6 GM7 Fdim  G5   G   G5  G6  GM7  Fdim G5   
Someone to take my heart and give his heart to  me 

 Gm7    Em7   Fdim  Em7 Gm7      Em7 Fdim     Em7
Someone who's ready to  give love a start with me

Dalt D6  Cdim          B7    GM7  GM7/F#  Em7/9
Oh yeah,    that would be so nice

  D9       D   Bm    Bm7 G5         G/B       Edim  D
Should it be you and me,  I can see that would be  nice.

I*Requested by recent visitor Tim Huddleston

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