Água de beber

Astrud Gilberto

JazzMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am7

Dm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Scat Intro: 
 
Am      Am7 Am       D              Dm7 
Dee bot unh dah  bah di bah dah bah dah bah 
 
Am      Am7 Am       D              Dm7 
Dee bot unh dah  bah di bah dah bah dah bah 
 
Am      Am7 Am  FM7          Am    
Dee bot unh dah  di oom dah  di oom dah. 
 
 
Am        C   D    F      Dm7       Am 
Your love is rain     my heart the flower, 
 
Am E7  Am    G   G7 Dm7 Am E7  C 
I need your love     or I will die. 
 
Am      C    D  F      Dm7     Am 
My ve - ry life     is in your power; 
 
E7     Am         Am+7     Dm7  E7        Am 
Will I wither and fade or bloom    to the sky. 
 
 
Refrain: 
 
Am      C       D    F         Dm7     Am       Am7  Am 
A - gua de be - ber,   A - gua de be - ber ca - ma - ra 
 
Am      C       D    F           Dm7      Am      Am7  Am 
A - gua de be - ber,   give the flow - er wa - ter to drink. 
 
 
Am        C   D    F      Dm7       Am 
The rain can fall      on distant deserts, 
 
 Am E7   Am   G   G7 Dm7  Am E7  C 
The rain can fall    up - on the sea 
 
Am        C   D   F       Dm7    Am 
The rain can fall    up - on the flower, 
 
E7       Am     Am+7  Dm7       E7      Am 
Since it has to rain     let it fall on me. 
 
 
Repeat Refrain: 
 
 
Am         C   D  F      Dm7       Am 
I'll nev - er see   an - oth - er spring time, 
 
 Am  E7    Am  G   G7 Dm7  Am   E7   C 
I'll nev - er feel    the sum - mer sun 
 
Am          C     D    F      Dm7        Am 
Un - less you're there    to share that spring time, 
 
    E7        Am           Am+7    Dm7     E7        Am 
And, like the rain and the flow'r,    our hearts are one. 
 
 
 
Repeat Scat Intro:

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Chord set

Am · Am7 · D · Dm7 · C · F · E7 · G · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.